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HISTORICAL READER: 

CONTAIMNG 

" THE LATE WAR 

BETWEEN THE 

T NiTED STATES AND GREAT BRITAirv 

From June, IS J 2, to February ^ 1515. 

In the Scriptural Stjle." 

ALTERED AND ADAPTED 

FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS 

rilllOUGlIOUT THE UNFFED STATED 
BY G. J. HUNT. 

'•, ndii^hLrui task ! to rear tlie tender tlioughty 
•• Vud teach the young idcci how lo shoot.'* 

TlilllD EI>ITI0N. 

Ji'U!' i:,'r----)vcineuts hy the ludhor. 

VVYAimV.D BY DANIEL D. SMITH, 

No. 1<)0, Grocnwich-Strret. 



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fl it rcn3aibere Ij that on the thirty first day of 
October, i'.i the forty second year of the I:idep3ndence 
of the United States of America, G. J. Hunt^ of the 
.said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a 
book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor in the 
words and figuros foilowing, to wit : *'' The Historical 
Header; containing the late war between the United 
States and Great Britain, from June 1812, to February 
1815, written in the Ancient Historical style," altered 
and adapted for the use of schools throughout the 
United States, by G.- J. Hunt. 

" Delightful task, to rear the tender thought, 
" And teach the young idea how to shoot." 

In conformity to the act of the congress of the Uni 
ted Statesj entitled, ^' an act for the encouragement of 
learning, by securing the copies of maps, cliarts, and 
books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, 
during the time therein nieutioned.," And also to an 
act, entitled "an act supplementary to an act, entitled 
an act for the encouragement of learninsf, by securing 
the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors 
and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein 
mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the 
arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and 
pther prints." 
' ^ ' JAMES DILL, Clerk of the 

Southern District of N- York- 



5 PMEFACii;. 

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'^ THE advantages which liie uitrouuctioii ci Um:'. 

5^ \york into our seminaries of education would be likely 
to produce are many and obvious : 

.1. The author having adopted for the model of his 
style the phraseology of the best of books, remarkable 
for its simplicity and strength, the young pupil will ac- 
quire, with the knowledge of reading, a love for the 
manner in which the great truths of Divine Revelation 
are conveyed to his understandmg, and this will be an 
inducement to him to study the Holy Scriptures. 

2 All the circumstances related in this work are 
true ; they are recent, being within the recollection 
of tiiC present generation ; they form a very important 
part in the history of our country, and will be read 
with pride and pleasure by every cne of ouryoangmen 
in whose bosom may glow the sentiments of patriotism 
and piety. 

3. The most prominent virtues of the heroes who 
produced the events here treated of, are held up in 
such a manner as to inspire in the youtliful mind a. 
love for the country they defended, and a spirit of 
honorable emulation, which may be highly advanta- 
geous to that country whenever it shall be necessary to 
rail it into exercise. 

4. Although a vein of morality runs through the 
work, the sentiments have not the smallest bearing on 
the particular tenets of any religious sect, but are cal~ 
culated to be read by all persons, of wliatever denomi- 
nation, who love virtue, valor, and freedcnii. 

5. Tlie facts described are related in so clear and 
/ oncise a way as witiiout nuich elfort on the part of 
the pupil, will easilv I'astcn tliemselves on his memory* 

These are some ajuongst other reasons which have 
ii'.diiced the author to recommend his little work t'> 



IV PREFACE. 

•«^^e?ichers of youth throughout the United States, 'as 
well as fathers of feimilies, and he does it in the confi- 
dent hope, that it will prove useful in accelerating the 
progress of knowledge, and in awakening and cherish- 
ing in the minds of his young countrymen those prin- 
< 'njps of virtue with vvhicli he has been carcfid that it 
^ji.fiiiM be interwoven. 

Having rccriv«xi the universal approbation of men 
c? iiidgment, he only thinks it necessary to give ih.2 
i;M lowing letters froiu Dr. S. L. iMitchil!, and IMr- 
3^ickel. 



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Vjieofthe detiecis in the ;h.-?:it:Me-f 'iq- rrv^-ry 
i^ li'tit of good histori2!i3. 1 b-t c^-^^- o?' o^r ;-u-'fiis 
\\ :.cu li, called to act, shows unparalleled atchievement 
r.;r! < !■ , .zv. The other sections, to whom is allot- 
T' d t'v / ; » I - narrating and recrrding events, are 
rot '^o fr.r w^xnucv, , li.e reason is evident; there must 
be deeds t'j describe aru. perpetuate, befo e there can be 
hisiot'ians, fn pr^vsess oi iinie, writers duly qualified., 
will make th ^ir ap;^earan;e. 

Your Chronicle of events deservir to be mentioned 
in the list of useful publications- It will answer as a 
document of constant and ready reference. The re- 
ception of it into schools, will render lamiliar to chil- 
dren the chief actions in the contest, and teach them, at 
the £inie time, to respect their country and its institu- 
tions, 

- n^; to me one of tbp be<^f attempts to imitate 
t1;>^ O'olicil style : and if the pprnsal of it can induce 
young persons to relish and love the sacred hooks 



PREFACE. V 

V, !i :,f language you have imitatedj it wiJI be the stroiig- 
0. ; of all recommendations. 

Your's losperlfLiI'v. 
SAMUEL h. AlITCIIXLL. 
JMr. G. J. Hunt. 

Academy J 'New -York, July 8, 1817 ■ 

J have examined the copy, and conciu' in the 
r<^':ol^mendation of the publication of your '^ Histori- 
cal Reader, witli the alterations and improvements, for 
the Use of Schools. I sincerely hope that your exertion? 
may be crowned wiih success. 

i oiir's respect kuiy, 
Mr. G. J. Hunt, " J. V/. PICKET. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PAGE. 

CHAP l—Frcsident's Message—Cauc.cs of the 

Jf^ar.. c^c. 9 

CHAP. Il-^-Repori of the CommlUcc^Dcda- 

ration of ivar. 13 

CHAP. IJl-^Rcccjjtiou of the Dcdandlon of 

l\'(tr in Great Britain, 15 

CHAP. IV—Jolm Henry— Elijah Parish Vj 

C HAP. V — Amcricmi Army — Militia — -Navy — 
British Navy — Rogti'S^ frst cruise — cap- 
tare of the Nautilus — removal of aliens 
beyond tide-2vater. 21 

C H '■■■ P. V l—HuWs expedition . 23 

CHAP. Vn—lIulPs trial and par don-- Capture 

of Michilimackinack. 2"5. 



VI TABLE OF CONTEN JS. 

CHAP. yiU— Capture ofilip Gi(rnrr-. hy the 

Viiifed StatCi/' frigate Consiit/niou. o0 

CHAP. W—JftacJc^o?i Sackeifs H(:rho::r—([f- 
f((lr of Ogdcnghiirgh — British drorefroni 
St. Regifi. 33 

CHAP. X— Battle of Qiieenstoum, 36 

CHAP. XI — Ccn. Smytlie succeeds Gen. Van 
Rensselaer — his attempts to cross the Ni- 
as^aray and failure— -causes. 39 

CHAP. XU— Capture of the British Sloop of 

tear. Frolic. 41 

CHAP. Xlll— Capture of the Mdcedoiiian. 43 

rilAP. XIV — Ajjairs in the north — shirmishes 
— battle of Frenchtoicn — capture of 
Gen. Winchester s army — massacre of 
Amer. prisoners. 47 

i : II A P. X A^ — Capture of the British frigate Java 52 
CHAP. XVI — Coin. Rogei's return from a se- 
cond cruise — the Gen, Armstrong and a 
Bi-itish frigate — privateering. 5 6 

ClTAP. XVH — Capture of Ogdenshnrgli 60 

( ' H \ P. X V HI— Capture of the Peacock 62 

CHAP. XIX— Capfare of Little York. 66 

C U A P. X X— Sketches of the Hi story of America . 74 
CLAMP. XXI — Depredations in the Chesapeake 
— Havre-de^Gra.ce hurnt — attack on Cra- 
ny Island — Hampton taken hy the British 
— outrages. 77 

CHAP. XXli— Bayard and GaUatinsa.il for St. 
Petershurgh — -the British compelled to a- 
handon the siege of fort Bleigs. 82 

CHAP. XXHl — Surrender of forts George and 
Erie to the Americans — General Brown 
drives the Britishfrom Sacketfs Harbor 84* 
CHAP. XXIV — Capture of the Chesapeake. 87 

CHAP. XX\ —Capture of Col Boerstler and 

Major Chapiny ivith their commands 02 

CHAP. XXVI -Capture of Fort Schlosser and 

Black Rock 95' 



TABLE OF CONTCNTS. vii\ 

CHAP. XXYll—Jfairs on Lake Ontario. 97 

CHAP. XXVin — yjffairs on Lake Champlain. <j9 
CHAP. XXIX — Major Crogkan defeats the 

British at Fort Stephenson, 102 

CHAP. XXX — British schooner Dominica cap- 
tured — U. S. brig Argus captured, — Boxer 
^ Enterprize. 105 

e-HAP! XXXl-^Capture of the British fleet on 

Lake Eric no*} 

CHAP. XXXIl-^Cctpturc of Maiden and De- 
troit, by Gen. Harrison. 114 
CHAP. XXXill— Battle of the Thames. U8 
CHAP. XXXW—War with the Creeks. 12S 
CHAP. XXXY— Continuation of the Creek 

War—-Gen. Jackson's victory over them. 126 
CHAP. XXXVl — Plan of attack on Montreal 

defeated. 131 

CHAP. XXXYll— Newark burnt— Fort George 
evacuated — Niagara frontier laid icaste 
—Buffalo burnt. 135 

CHAP. XXXVlll— Cruise of the Essex. 138 

CHAP. XXXIX— Cap^wreo/^/ie Frolic, by the 
British frigate Orpheus-— capture of the 
UEpervier, by the Peacock — capture of 
the Fleindeer, by the IFasp, capt. Blakely 
— the Avon captured and sunk. 143 

CHAP. XL — Breaking up of the cantonmoits at 

French Milts — battle of Chippatva. 146 

CHAP. XLl-^Hattle of Bridgeivater. 150 

CHAP. XLM—Assaidi on Fort Erie. 153 

CHAP. XLIH — Attack on Stonington, by the 

British ships of war 15^ 

CHAP. XLIV — Aflairs in the Chesapeake — 
British army move towards Washington — 
prepare for battle at Bladenshvrgh. l60 

CHAP. XLV — Capture of Washington—sack- 
ing of Alexandria — death of Sir Peter 
Parker. l62 

CHAP. XL VI — British go against PloMshurgh 



viii TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

— Co7n. ISVDcnoifgh captures the British 
squadron on hake Chamnlain 1*1 

<?HAP. ^\u\ II— Battle of FlaUshurgh. 176 

CHaP. XLVIil— ^«acA- on Baltimore, hy the 
British army wider {jen. Ross, a?id the 
Jlcet under Admirals Cochrane and Cock- 
burn. 179 

CilAP. X.LIX — Destruction of the prirvateer 
Gen. Armstrong — Gen. JacIcso?i cajjtmes 
FenScicoh, ^nd returns to N. Orleans. 186 

CHAP. L — StecLm-ho^fs — Fidton — torpedoes — 

hidnapping Joshua Fenny. 190 

€HAP. lA-^ Affairs in and about N. York. 197 

CHAP. lAl~-~Afairs on the ocean 206 

CHAP, hill—hiitish feet arrives near N. Or- 
is ans — attacks by the British army of Gen, 
Jackson. 2 1 1 

CHAP. LIV— Gra?2f? Battle of ISeic-Orleam. 216 
CHAP. EV— Peace. 221 

Alc^erixe War. 225' 

Conclusion. 231 

HiMe Societies and Sunday Schools^ 234 



THE 

HISTORICAL READER. 

THE LATE^iVAR~ 

BETWEEN THE 

U. STATES ANB G. BRITAIN, 

From 1S12 to 1815. 



CHAP. I. 



Pre^!<!c>,fs Mcs.a,rc-6auses of the Jfar-Energetic 
Measures projwsed. 

-L^ OW it rame to pass, in the one thousand eiaht 
limidred and twelith year of the christian era, and'in 
tiie thirty and sixth year after tJie people of the pro- 
vinces of Cchmibia had declared themselves a free and 
iiideprndent nation ; 

1^ Tliat in tlie sixtli month of the same year, on the 
lirst day of the month, the chief Governor, whom the 
people had chosen to rule over the land of Columbia; 

3 Even JA3JES, whose sir-name was Madisov, de- 
livered a written paper* to the Great Sankedrimt of 
tlie peoj^Ie, who v.^ere assembled togetiier. 

4 And the name of the city where the people were 
gathered together was called after the name of the chief 
cT^ptam of a.e land of Columbia, whose feme extendeth 
to the uttermost parts of the earth • albeit, he had dept 
^vith his fathers. ^ 



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5 Nevertheless, the people loved him. fowismucitk 
as he wrought their deliverance from the yoke of 
tvranny in times past; so they called the city Wash- 

INGTON. 

6 Now, when the written paper was received, the 
doors of the chambers of the Great Sanhedrim were 
closed, and a seal was put upon every man's mouth. 

7 And the counsellors of the nation, and the vise meft 
thereof, ordered the written paper which James had de- 
livered unto them to be read aloud ; and the iiitcrpreta- 
lion thereof was in this wise : 

8 Lo ! the lords and the princes of the kingdom of 
Britain, in the fulness of their pride and power, have 
.trampled upon the ahar of Liberty, and violated the 
iyanctuary thereof : 

9 Inasmuch as they hearkened not unto the voice of 
moderation, when the cry of the people of Columbia 
was, Peace ! peace ! 

10 Inasmuch as they permitted not the tall ships of 
Columbia to sail in peace on the waters of the mighty 
deep ; saying in their hearts, Of these will we make 
spoil, and they shall be given unto the king. 

11 Inasmuch as they robbed the ships of Columbia 
of the strong men that wrought therein, and took them 
for their own use, even as a man taketh his ox or his 

ass. 

12 Inasmuch as they kept the men stolen from the 
ships of Columbia in bondage many years, and caused 
them to fight the battles of the king, even against their 
own brethren! neither gave they unto .them silver or 
gold, but many stripes. 

13 Now the men of Columbia were not like uEto 



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the men ol* Britain ; for their backs wore not harden- 
ed unto the whip, as were tlie servants of the king; 
therefore they niurmnred, and their murmurings have 
been heard. 

14 Moreoverj tlic Council of Britain sent fortli a De- 
cree to all the nations of the earth, sealed with the signet 
of the Prince Regent, who governed the nation in the 
name of the king liis father ; for lo ! the king was pos- 
sessed of an evil spirit, and his son reigned in his stead. 

15 Now this Decree of the Council of Britain was 
a grievous thing, inasmuch as it permitted not those who 
dealt in merchandize to go whithersoever they chose, andi 
to trade freely with all parts of the earth. 

16 And it fell hard upon the people of Columbia; 
for the king said unto them, Ye shall come with your 
vessels unto me and pay tribute, then may ye depart to 
another country. 

17 Now these things pleased the pirates and the 
cruisers of Britain mightily, because it permitted them to 
rob the commerce of Columbia with impunity. 

1 8 Furthermore, have not the servants of the king 
leagued with the savages of the wilderness, and given 
unto them silver and gold, and placed the destroying en- 
gines in their hands ? 

19 Thereby stirring up the spirit of Satan within 
them, that they might spill the blood of the people of 
Columbia ; even the blood of our old men, our wiveS;, 
antl our little ones ! 

20 Thus, had Britain, m her heart, commenced War 
against the people of Columbia, whilst they cried aloud 
Tor peace : and when she smote them on the one cheek 
dioy tiu'iicd unto h.evthe atlier also. 



12 HISTORICAL 

21 Now, therefore, shall we, the independent people 
of Columbia, sit down silently, as slaves, and bow the 
neck to Britain ? 

2,2 Or, shall we, like our forefathers, nobly assert our 
rights, and defend that Liberty and Indepexdenck 
which the Lord hath given uuto us ? 



READER. 13 

CHAP. 11. 

Rcj)ort of the Committee— Declaration of War. 



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()\V, A\ hell there was an end made of reading the 
pa})cr uhich James had \.'ritten, the Sanhedrim com- 
muned one v/ith another touching the matter : 

2 And the\- chose certain wise men from among them 
to deliberate thereon. 

3 And ihey commanded them to go forth from th^lr 
jirescnce, for that purpose, and return again on the third 
day of the same month. 

4 Nov/, V, hen the third day arrived, at the eleventh 
lioar of the day, the}- came forth and presented tliem* 
selves before the Great Sanhedrim of the people. 

5 And the chief of tlie wise men, whom tliey had 
chosen, opened his mouth «nd s|}ake unto them after this 
manner : 

6 Behold ! day and niglvt have v.e meditated upon 
the words which Jamt^s hath delivered, and wxi are 
wear}" withal, for in our liearts we desired peace. 

7 Cut the wickedness of the kingdom of Greai- 
Britain, and the cruelty of the p,rinc(.^s thereof, towards 
the })eaceable inhabitants of the land of Columbia, may 

• jjc likened unto tl-e fixrce lion, v.hen he puttetli his pavr 
I ])on the hmocent iamb to devour him. 

8 Nevertiich'ss, the lamb shall not be slain; for the 
Lord shall be his deliverer. 

^^ Ai:d if, r'er:.i:l venture, tlie peojile of Celumbia go 
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act out to battie against the king, then wiii the mcinlfoid 
wrongs commhted against tiiem be increased tenfold, and 
they shall be as a mock and a bye-word among all nations. 

10 Moreover, the righteousness of your cause shall 
lead you to glory, and the pillars of your liberty shall 
not be shaken. 

11 Therefore, say we unto you. Gird on your swords 
and go forth to battle against tlie kiug ; even agednst the 
strong powers of Britain ; and the Lord God of Hosts 
be with you. 

12 Now when the great Sanhedrim of the people 
heard those things which the wise men had uttered, they 
pondered them in their minds many da}-s, and weighed 
them well ; 

13 Even until the seventeenth day of the month pon- 
dered they in secret concerning the matter. 

14 And it was so, that on the next day they sent forth 
a Decree, making WAR upon the kingdom of Great 
Britain, and upon the servants, and upon the slaves 
thereof. 

15 And the Decree was signed with the hcmd writing 
of James, the chief Governor of the land of Columbia. 

16 After these things, the doors of the chambers- of 
the Sanhedrim were opened. 



KEADEH. p^ 



CHAP. III. 

Reception of the Declaration of War in Great Britain 
— her friends in America— Caleb Strong-— Hartford 
Convention, 



-/XND it came to pass, that when tlie prhices and the 
lords and the counsellors of Britain saw the Decree, 
their wrath was kindled, and their hearts were ready to 
burst with indignation. 

2 For, verily, said they, this insult h.ath overilowed 
the cup of our patience^ and now will we chastise the 
impudence of these Yankees, and the people of Colum- 
bia shall bow before the king. 

3 Then will we rule them with a rod of iron ; and they 
shall be, unto us, hewers of wood and drawers of water. 

4 For, verily, shall we sufler these cunning Yankees 
to beard the mighty lion, with half a dozen fir-buflt 

frigates, the men whereof are but mercenary cowards 

" bastards and outlaws ?'' 

5 Neither durst they array themselves in battle against 
the men of Britain. No ! we will sweep them from the- 
face of the waters, and their name shall be heard no 
more among nations. 

6 Shall the proud.conquerors of Europe not laugh to 
scorn the feeble efforts of a i:e^y miorganized soldiers, un- 
disciplined, and fresh from the plough, the hoe, and the 
mattock ? 

7 Yea, they shall surely fall ; for they were not bred 
to hghting as were the servants of the lUng. 



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8 Tlieir large cities, .«je:r to\ynSj and their viilages 
wiii v-'i: biir/i with consuming fire. 

l' 'i lu'i-y oil., ar.d their \vheat, and their rye, and their 
com, and their bailey, and their rice, and their Luck- 
wheat, and thieir oats, and their flax, cind all the products 
of 1 'ieir country will we destroy, and scatter the remnants 
thereof to the four winds of heaven. 

10 All these things, and more, will w^e do unto this 
froward people. 

11 Neither shall there be found safety for age or sex 
from the destroying swords of the soldiers of the king. 

12 Save in those provinces and towns where dwell the 
friends of the king , for, lo ! said they, the king's friends 
are man3% 

13 These will we snare 5 neither will we hurt a hair 
of their heads : nor shall the savages of the wilderness 
stain the scalping-knife or the tomahawk with the blood 
of the king's friends. 

14 Now it happened, about this time, that there were 
numbers of the inhabitants of tlie country of Columbia 
whose hearts yearned after the king of Britain. 

15 And with their false flattering words they led as- 
tray some of the friends of Columbian Liberty ; for 
their tongues were smoother than oil. 

IG E\il inachinations entered into their hearts, and 
the poison of their breath miglit be likened unto the 
deadly Bohon Upas, which rears its lofty brandies in 
the barren valley of Java.* 

* Of the eocisteiice of tJiis icomlerful tree there have 
teen dohlts : but the reader is referred to the relation 
of P. N. Poerch, icho has given a satisfactory acccunt 
if it. from his own travels in its neighhcur^.ood. 



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17' And tlif'y strove to dishearren the tru€ friends of 
the great Sanhedrim ; but they prevailed not. 

1 8 Moreover, Satan entered into the heart of one of 
the governors of the east, and he was led astray by th(i 
wickedness thereof, even Caleb the Strong, 

19 Now Caleb, which in the Cherokee tongue, signi- 
fieth an ass, Kked not the decree of the great Sanhedrim, 
inasmuch as he favored the king of Britain ; 

20 And, though willing to become a beast of burden, 
yet would he not move on account of his very great stu- 
pidity. 

2 1 And he said unto the captains of the hosts of the 
state over which he presided, Lo ! it seemeth not meet 
unto me that ye go forth to battle against the king. 

22 For, Lo ! are not the fighting men of Britain, ia 
multitude, as the sand on the sea shore ? and shall we 
prevail against them ? 

23 Are not the mighty ships of the king spread over 
the whole face of the waters ? Is not Rritam the " bul- 
wark of our religion ?" 

24 Therefore, I command that ye go not out to bat- 
tle, but every man remain in his own house. 

25 And all the governors of the east listened unto the 
voice of Caleb. 

26 Moreover, the angel of the Lord whisper^ into 
the car of Caleb, and spake unto him, saying, ^ 

17 If; i^f^rad venture, thou dost refuse to obey the laws 
of the luud, the thing will not be pleasant in the siglit of 
the Lord ; 

28 Inasmuch as it may cause the people to rise up one 
against another, and spill the blood of their own children ; 

29 And the time of warfare will be lengtl;ened out^^ 
4nd the blood of thousands will be upon thine heud> 



18 HISTORICAL 

30 And Satan spake, and said unto Caleb, Fear not ] 
for if tiiou wilt forsake tliy country, and throw off the 
paltry subterfuge of Columbian LtbehtYj and defy the. 
councils of the great Sanhedrim, 

31 Then shall thy name be proclaimed with the 
sound of the trumpet througliout all the earth ; and thou 
shalt be a prince and a ruler over this people. 

32 Now the smooth words of Satan tickled Caleb 
mightily, and he hearkened unto the counsel of the 
wicked one : 

33 For the good counsel givem unto him was as wa^ 
ter thrown upon a rock, 

34 But when the chief governor and the great Sanhe- 
drim of the people saw the wickedness of Caleb, their 
hearts were moved with pity towards him and his follow- 
ers : yea, even those who had made a convention at the 
little town of Hartford. 

35 Neither doth the scribe desire to dwell upon the 
wickedness which came into the village of Hartford, the 
signification of the name whereof, in the vernacular 
tongue ctppeareth not. 

36 For the meddling therewith is as the green pool o^ 
unclean waters, when a man casteth a stone thereia. 






READER, 

CHAP. IV. 

^oJin Henry — Elijah Parish. 



■ i ET the children of Cokimbia beware of false pro* 
phets wliich come in sheep's clothhig ; for it is writtea, 
Ye shall know them by their fruits. 

2 Now it came to pass, that a certain man, whose sir- 
Hame was Henry, came before James, the chief go- 
vernor, and opened his mouth, and spake unto him, say- 

3 Lo ! If thou wilt give unto me two score and ten 
thousand pieces of silver, then will I unfold unto thee the 
witchcraft of Britain, that tlicreby thy nation may not be 
caught in her snares. 

4 And James said unto him, Verily, for the good cJf 
my country I will do this tiling. 

5 And immediately the man Henry opened his mouth, 
a second time, and said, 

6 Lo ! the lords and counsellors of Britain have 
made a covenant with me, and have promised me many 
pieces of gold if I would make a league v.ith the pro- 
vinces of the cast that they might favour the king ; and 
long and faithfully have I laboured in tlicir cause. 

7 But they deceived me, even as they would de- 
ceive the people of Columbia; for their promises are 
as the idle wind that passeth by, which no man re- 
gardeth. 

S And, when he had gotten the silver into his own 



20 HISTORICAL 

hands he departed to the land of the Gauls, where he re* 
maineth even ufttil this day. 

9 Neverth.eless, the people profitted much thereby ^ 
inasmuch as it put them upon the watchj and they guard- 
ed themselves against the evil accordingly. 

10 He that longeth after the inter])retation of the 
deeds of Henry, let him make inquiry of those who 
acted with him — the ministers of tlie Hartford Con- 
vention. 

1 1 Novv^j there was a certain hypocrite whose name 
was Elijah, and he was a false prophet in the east, 
end he led astray those of little understanding ; more- 
over, he v/as an hireling, and preached for the sake of 
filtliy lucre. 

1 2 And he rose up and called himself a preacher of 
tlie 2'ospel^ and his words were smooth and the people 
jnarvelled at him ; 

1 3 But he profaned the temple of the Lord, and he 
strove to lead his disciples into the wrong way. 

14 And many wise men turned their backjs against 
him ; nevertheless, he repented not of his sins unto this 
flay. 

15 Neither did the people, as Darius the Mede did 
nnto the prophet Daniel, cast him into the den of lions, 
fitat tljev might see whether the ro} rJ beast would dis- 
dain to devour him. 

16 But tliey were rejoiced that power was not given 
imto him to command fire to come down from heaven to . 
coijsm#r tlip friends of the rrreat Sanhedrim. 



READER. 



CHAP. V, 
^erican Army^lSIilitia — Navy — British Navy — 
Rodgcrs* JirH Cruise — Capture of the U. S. brtg" 
Nautilus — removal of aliens beyond tide-waier. 



T 



II E whole host of the people of Columbia, \tha> 
had been trained to war, being numbered, was about 
seven thousand fighting men.' 

2 Neither were they ;j.ssembled together; but the^t 
were extended from the north to the south, about three 
thousand miles. f 

3 But the husbandmen, who lived under their own 
fig-trees, and lifted the arm in defence of their own 
homes, were more than seven hundred thousand, all 
mighty men of valor. 

4 Now the armies of the king of Britain, are they 
not numliered and written . in th^ hook of Hume, the 
scribe ? is not their name a terror to all nations ? 

5 Moreover, the number of the strong ships of the 
peaceable inhabitants of Columbia, that moved on thp 
waters of the deep, carrying therein the destroying en- 
gines, which vomited their thunders, was about one score ; 
besides a handful of ^* cock-boats 5" with " a bit ol 
striped bunting at their mast-head." 

6 But the number of the fighting vessels of Britain 
yas about one thousand one spore and one, which bore 
the royal cross. 

» Standing army. 

t From Dipirict of Maine to Mobile B^y-an^t N^lfff 
ffrkans. C 



J2 HISTORICAL 

7 And the inen of war of Britain were arrayed in 
their might against the people of the land of Columbia. 

8 Nevertheless, it came to pass, that about tliis time a 
strong ship of the United States, called the President, 
commanded by a skilful man whose name was Rodgers, 

9 Sailed towards the island of Britain, and went nigh 
unto it, and captured numbers of the vessels of the people 
of Britain, in their own waters ; after which she returned 
in safety to the land of Columbia. 

10 And the people gave much praise to Rodgers, for 
it was a cunning thing ; inasmuch as he saved many 
ships that were richly laden, sp that they fell not into ti>e 
hands of the people of Britain. 

1 1 Moreover, it happened about the fifteenth day of 
the seventh month, in the same year in which the decree 
of the great Sanhedrim was issued, that a certain vessel 
of the states of Columbia was environed round about by 
a multitude of the ships of the king ; 

12 And the captain thereof was straitened, and he 
looked around him and strove to escape : 

13 But he was entrapped and fell a prey to the vessels 
pf the king; howbeit, the captain, whos€ name was 
Crane, tarnished not his honor thereby. 

14 And the name of the vessel of the United States 
was called Nautilus. 

15 NoWj about this time, there was a law sent forth 
from the great Sanhedrim, commanding all servants and 
subjects of the king of Britain forthwith to depart be- 
yond the swellings of the waters of the great deep ; even 
two score miles. 

16 And they did so ; and their friends from whom 
they were compelled to flee, monrned for them many dayf^ 



HEADER. 



CHAP. Vl. 



Ihilfs expedUi07i—he enters Canada y and encamps oc 
Sandwich — mues his Proclamation— ntnau to Detroit 



N< 



OW it was known throughout the land of Columbia 
that war was declared against the kingdom of Britain^ 

2 And to a certain ehief captain called William, 
whose sir-name was Hull, was given in trust a band bi 
more than two thousand chosen men, to go forth to bat- 
tle in the north. 

3 Now Hull was a man well stricken in years, and lie 
had been a captain in the host of Columbia, in the days 
that tried men's souls j even in the days of Washington* 

4 Therefore, when he appeared in the presence of the 
great Sanhedrim, they were pleased with his countr- 
nance, and put much faith in hlm.*= 

5 Pvloreover, he was a governor in the north,! and 
man of great wealth. 

6 And when he arrived with his army hard by the 
Miami of the Lakes, he gat him a vessel and placed 
therein those things which were appertaining unto the 
preservation of the lives of the sick and the maimed. 

7 But, in an evil hour, the vessel was ensnared, near 
unto a strong hold,| beside a river called in the language 

of the Cauls, Detroit. 

* Gen. Hull had been to Washington and obtained an 
avpointmcnt previous to the ?var. 

t Michigan terriio-if. | Maiden. 



M HISTORICAL 

^8 And the army of Columbia sufi'crcd iimcli thereby. 

9 Nevertheless, on the twelfth of the seventh month 
about the fourth watch of the night, AVilUarn with his 
whole host crossed the river which is calleil Detroit. 

10 And he encamped his men round about the towii 
of Sandwich in the province of the king. 

11 From this place, he sent forth a proclamatioa, 
which the great Sanhedrim had prepared for him 5 and 
the wisdom thereof appeareth even unto this day. 

12 But if a m^n's ass falleth into a ditch, shall tlie 
master suffer thereby ? if injury can be prevented, shall 
we not rather with our might ehdeavour to help him ? 

13 Now in the proclamation which Hull published 
abroad, he invited the people of the province of Canada u* 
join themselves to the host of Columbia, who were come 
to drive the servants of the king from their borders. 

14 And it came to pass, that a grefit multitude flock- 
ed to the banners of the great Sanhedrim. 

1 5 Keverthele^s, they knew not that they vr6ie to be 
entrapt, 

16 However, it was so, that William departed from 
the province of the king, and re-erossed the river. 

17 And when the husbandmen of the province of 
Canada, v/ao liad joined the standard of Columbia, learn- 
ed these tiiiiigs, tliey wept bitterly ; for they v>'erc left 
behind. 

18 After this V/illiam secured himself in the strong 
iiold of Detroit ; and the eyes of the men and the wo» 
men of Columbia Vrcrc fixed upon him. 

19 And the expectation tliercof inny bo likened un4*' 
3 man who liath vatered well his \ii)' yard- 



READER. 25 



CHAP. VII. 



IhdVs expedition — surrender of his army and the whole 
Michigan Territory — his trial and pardon by the 
President — capture of Michilimackinack. 



N< 



OW the host of the king were few in numbers ^ 
nevertheless, they came in battle array against the strong 
hold of William. 

2 And when he beheld them from afar, he was afraid ; 
his knees smote one against another, and his heart sunk 
within him ; for, lo ! the savages of the wilderness ap- 
peared amongst them. 

3 And there was a rumor went throughout the camp 
of Columbia, and it bore hard upon William. 

4 Inasmuch as they said the wickedness of his heart 
was bent on giving up the strong hold to the servants of 
the king. 

5 Howbeit he was not taxed with drinking of the 
strong waters of Jamaica 5 which, when they enter into 
the head of a man, destroy liis reason and make him ap- 
peal- like unto one who hath lost his senses. 

6 And when the charge against W^illiam was made 
known unto the soldiers of Columbia, they were grieved 
much, for they v.-ere brave men, and feared nought. 

7 So the officers communed one with another touch- 
ing the thing; but they wist not what to do. 

8 And t'sey fain would have done violence unto Wil- 
lian^, that they might have been enabled to pour forth 
their thunders against the approaching host of Britain | 
which he had forbidden to be done. 

c 2 



26 HISTORICAL 

9 Moreover, the names of these valiant men, who 
were compelled to weep before the cowardice of William, 
are they not recorded in the bosom of every friend of Co- 
lumbia^ liberty.* 

10 And it was about the sixteenth of the eighth montli 
when the servants of the king appeared before the strong 
hold of Detroit. 

11 And the name of the chief captain of the provin- 
ces of Canada, that came against the strong hold, was 
Erock, whose whole force was about seven hundred sol- 
dfers of the king, and as many savages. 

12 Now when the soldiers of Canada were di^ant 
about a furlong, moving towards the strong hold ; even 
when the destroying engines were ready to utter their 
thunders and smite them to the earth j 

13 WilHam, whose heart failed him, commanded the 
valiant men of Columbia to bow down before the ser- 
vants of the king. 

14 And he ordered them to yield up the destructive 
weapons which they held in their hands, 

15 Neither could they appear in battle against the 
Jiing again for many days. 

16 Moreover, the cowardice of his heart caused him 
io make a league with the servants of the king, in the 
which he gave unto them the whole territory over which 
the people had entrusted him to preside j notwithstand- 
ing it appertained not unto him. 

17 And the balls of solid iron, and the black dust,and the 
destroying engines became a prey unto the men of Britain. 

18 Now there bad followed after \Mlliam a band of 
brave men from the west, and the name of their captain 

* Miller J Cass, W Arthur, Brush, Findlerj, 8rc, 



READER. 27 

was Brush ; and he had in trust the bread and the wine 
which were to refresh the army of CoUunbia. 

19 And, lest they should fall into the hands of the 
savages, a captain, whose name was Vanhorn, was or- 
dered to go forth and meet him. 

20 And the band tliat went forth, were entrapped at 
Brownstown, by the cunning savages, that laid wait for 
them ; and the killed and the wounded of Columbia 
were about two score. 

21 And again there were sent from the camp of Wil- 
liam more than five hundred men to go to the aid of Brush. 

22 And the name of the chief captain thereof, was 
Miller ; and the captain whom he ordered to go before 
him was called Snelling.* 

23 Now Snelling was a valiant man, and strove hard 
against the men of Britain, and the savages ; even until 
Miller the chief captain arrived. 

24 And the place which is called Maguago, lieth about 
an hundred furlongs from Detroit. 

25 Now the battle waxed hot ; gind the host of Miller 
pressed hard upon the savages and upon the men of 
Britain. 

26 Inasmuch as they were compelled to flee before the 
arms of Columbia : and Miller gat great honor thereby. 

27 And there fell of the men of Britain that day au 
hundred two score and ten. 

28 Nevertheless, in the league which William had made, 
he had included Miller, and all the brave captains and 
the men of war of Columbia that were nigh the place-. 

29 Now, therefore, whether it was cowardice out- 

W ■' " — ■ 

* Col Milkr and Coh Snelling, 



ib HISTORICAL 

right, in William, or whether he became treacherous for 
filthy lucre's sake, appeareth not unto the scribe.* 

30 But the effect thereof to the nation, was as a man 
having a millstone cast about his neck. 

31 So William and his whole army fell into the hands 
of the servants of the king. 

32 But, as it is written in the book of Solomon, There 
is a time for all things ; so it came to pass, afterwards, 
that William was called to account for his evil deeds. 

33 And he was examined before the lawful tribunal of 
his country; and they were all valiant warriors and 
chief captains in the land of Columbia. 

34 Howbeit, when the council! had weighed well the 
matter, they declared him guilty of treason, and that he 
should suffer death. 

35 Nevertheless, they recommended him to the mercy 
of James, the chief governor of the land of Columbia, 

36 Saying, Lo ! the wickedness of the man appeareth 
unto us as palpable as the noon day ; 



* To palliate HulVs conduct, it lias been urged thai 
he s^urrendered his army to prevent the effasioji of 
blood: but let lis ask those charitable palliators ivhat 
ihey would have said of Gen. Jackson, if, ivhen a 
mighty and a blood-thirsty enemy appeared before hia- 
battlements J in quest of beauty and booty, he had given 
up N. Orleans and ceded the Louisiana territory to 
Aim? or of the gallant Croghan, lohenleftto defend 
fort Stephenson loith a handful of men and a single six 
pounder? — These pailiators might even have wished 
that the heroes of Erie and Champlain had felt the 
same qualms of conscience :—but they ought to know 
that it teas such noble deeds that stopt thc^ '• effusion of 

NoodJ' ' ; 

t Couri-Martial 



READER. 29 

S7 t)ui the \nhnyiities of liis age have weakened his 
understanding ; therefore let his grey hairs go down to 
the grave iii silence. 

38 And when James hearH the "words of the council^ 
his heart melted as wax before the fire. 

39 And he said, Lg ! ye have done t)iat which secni' 
eth right 'unto me. 

40 And although, ds my soul liopeth for mercy, for this 
tiling William shall not surely die ; yet his uahie Shal! 
be blotted out from the list of the brave. 

41 Notwithstanding tliisj William thanked him iiot, 
but added insult to cowardice.* 

42 So William was orderded to depart to the land 
which lieth in the east,t where he remaineth unto this 
day : and his name shall be no more spoken of with re- 
verence amongst men. 

43 Moreover, there was another evil which fell upon 
the people of the United States, about the tim« the host 
of Columbia crossed the river Detroit. 

44 For, lo ! the strong hold of MichiUmackinack^ 
which lieth nigh unto the lakes of Michigan and Huron^ 
fell an easy prey unto the men of Britain and their red 
brethren ; 

45 Whose numbers were n>Dre than four-fold greater 
than the men of Columbia, who knew not of tlie war. 

'I'G Nevertltdess, the people of the United States, 
even the gieat Sanhedrim, v-ere not disheartened ; nei- 
ther were they afraid : for they had counted the cost, and 
were prepared to meet the evil. 



^ JItdrk' addreps to the jpnblic, t MassachuseH^ 



HISTORICA 



CHAP. VIIL 



Capture of the British frigate Guerrtere, by the United 
Staters frigate Constitution ^ captain Hull — capture 
ef the Alert sloop of war^ by the Essex, captain 
Porter. 



N. 



OW h cam^ to pass, on the nineteenth day of the 
eighth month, that one of the tall ships of Columbia^ 
called the Constitution, comfnanded by Isaac, whose sir- 
name was Hull, 

2 Having spread her white wings oa the bosom of the 
mighty deep, beheld from afar one of the fighting ships 
of Britain bearing the royal cross. 

3 And the name of the ship was called, in the lan- 
guage of the French, Guerriere,* which signiiieth a war- 
rior, and Dacres was the captain thereof. 

4 Now when Dacres beheld the ship of Columbia 
his eyes sparkled with joy, for he had defied the vessels 
of Qolumbia. 

5 And he spake unto his ofilcers and his men that 
were under him, saying, 

6 Let every man be at his post, and ere the glass hath 
passed the third part of an hour tlie stripes of the Con- 
stitution shall cease to sweep the air of lieaven, 

7 And the yawning , deep shall open its mouth to re- 
ceive the enemies of the kinsf. 



* The Guerricre was taJce?ifrom the French by the 
British* 



READER, 31 

. 8 And the men of Dacres shouted aloud, and dranl^ 
flf the strong waters of Jamaica, which make men mad ; 
moreover, they mixed the black dust therewith. 

9 Now when Isaac drew nigh unto the king's ship, the 
warriors of Columbia shouted. 

10 And Isaac bore down upon the strong ship of the 
king. 

1 1 About this time they put the lighted match to the 
black dust of the destroying engines, and it was like unto 
a clap of thunder. 

12 Moreover, the fire and smoke issued out of the 
mouths of the engines in abundance, so as to darken the 
air, and they were overshadowed by the means therft- 
of. 

13 Now the black dust was not known among the an- 
cients ; even Solomon, in the plenitude of his wisdom, 
knew it not. 

14 And the battle continued v/ith tremendous roar 
for about the space of half an hour, when it3 noises 
ceased. 

1 5 But when the clouds of si^oke had passed away, 
behold ! the mighty Guerriere lay a sinking wreck upon 
the face of the waters. 

16 The shadow of hope passed over her as a dream ; 
and most reluctantly was she compelled to strike the 
lion's red cross to the Eagle of Columbia : 

17 Whilst the Constitution, like Shadrach in the 
fiery furnace, remaining unsii^ged, filled her white 
gails, and passed along Jis though notiiing had happened 
unto her. 

1 8 Now the slain and the maimed of tjie king that da.^ 
were five score and fives 



8^ HISTORICAL 

19 And the loss of the people of Coluaibia, wm se- 
vcn slain and seven wounded. 

20 After this Isaac caused a burning coal to be placed 
ki the Guemere, that she might be consumed, and the 
flames thereof mounted towards the heavens. 

21 And the great Sanhedrim honored Isaac with 
great honor, and the people were rejoiced in him, and 
they forgat, in the contemplation e^' his glory, the evil 
which had befallen them in the north. 

22 But when the lords and counsellors of Britain 
heard those things, they believed them not 5 it was as 
flie bitterness of gall to their souls : fc*- the pride of 
Britain was fixed upon her navy ; it was the apple of 
hci eye, < 

23 Now, as one evil folio weth after another to the 
sons of men, so it happened that, in th© same month, a 
r'crtain strong ship of the United States, even the Es-. 
sex, the name of the captain whereof was Porter, sailed 
in search of the vessels of the king, on the waters of th« 
/^cean. 

24 And in process of time, she fell upon one of the 
thips of Britain, called the Aiert, and m^e spoil thereoJT 
|o the people of .Columbia. ' 



READEK> ^2; 



CHAP. IX. 

Mack on Sacket's Harhour— affair of Ogdenshirgh 
— British drove from SU Regis, hy the Troy miUtick 
under major Young — the brigs Adams and Caledo? 
nia re-captured by capt. Elliot, near fort Erie. 



N. 



OAV the movements ot" the enemy were as dit 
motion of a whirlv/ind, which passeth from the north to. 
the south, and from the east to the west. 

2 And they, sought to encompass the whole land Qi 
Cokmibia round about. 

3 So it came to pass, that a number of the armed ves?» 
sels of the kin^ that sailed on the great lake which i^. 
called Ontario, moved towards Sacket's Harbour*. 

4 And they demanded certain vessels of the people 
of the United States, which they had taken from the 
king, to be given up unto them, saying, 

5 Verily, if ye give them not up, then will we lay •?* 
eontribution upon you, and ye shall pay tribute., 

6 But Bellinger, tlie thief captain, of the Hgrljoari 
refused* 

7 And when the vessels of the king were hard bj, a 
certain captain, whose name was, Wool^ey, setoneof tbs 
engines to work. 

8 And the vessels of the king also opened the moutJiSL 
Df their engines, and shot into the camp of Columbiao 

9 And Ui8 number of the kusbaadmeax)/ the United, 

D 



5^ HISTORieAL 

States that flocked to the defence of the Harbour was 
about three thousand. 

10 And when the men of war of Britain saw that the 
people of Gelumbia were not afraid, and that they knew 
&i use the destro3dng engines, they fled to their strong 
hokl^ in the province of- thi€ king, which is called Kings- 
ton. 

11 Howbeit, some of their ships received much dam- 
age from the balls of heavy metal, that smote them from 
the strong hold. 

12 Now as the malice of the nations increased one 
against another, so did the evils increase which surround- 
ed them. 

13 And it came to pass, on the fourth day of the 
tt^nth month, there came a thousand fighting men of 
Britain to lay waste the village of Ogdensburgh, which 
iieth hard by the river St; Lawrence. 

14 Howbeit, the people of Columbia permitted them 
not to come unto the land ; but compelled them to depart 
in haste. 

1 5 Nigh unto this place is a village which is called 
St. Regis, where the soldiers of Britain had come to fix 
asti^ng hold on the borders of Columbia. 

16 But a brave captain, whose name was Young, 
with a band of men^, called militia, went against them. 

17 And he set the destroying engines to work, and the 
noise thereof sounded in theit ears-; so they were discom- 
fitted and fled in confusion* 

18 And the number of the servants of the king, 
made captive that day, was two score men, with the inr 
struments of destruction in their hands* 

19 Moreover, one of the banners of the king, even 



REzVDER. 35 

the red-cross standard of Britain, fell into the hands of 
Youngo 

20 On tli€ eighth day of the sajne month, a captain 
of Columbia, whose name was Elliot, a cunning man, 
tGiok a chosen band, who came from the sea-coast, and 
put them in boats. * f 

2»1 And he departed with them frojH Niagara towards 
ihe s-tfong hold of Erie, even in the dead of the night. 

22 And he caine unawares upon the two vessels 
which were covenanted to the king, with the army at 
Detroit. 

23 And the names of the vessels were the Adams 
and the Caledonia, and Elliot captured them the same 
night. 

24 However, the next day, as Elliot and his men 
were returning with their prizes, the men of Britain, 
who were upon the other shore, let the destroying engines 
loose upon them from their strong hold ; 

25 And a few of the people of Columbia were slain. 
it was here the valiant Cuyler* fell ; a ball of heavy 
metal struck him as he was coming ou a fleet horse to- 
wards the water's edge. 

26 Now, Cuyler was a man well beloved ; and the 
officers and men of Columbia grieved for him many 
days. 



Mafor Cmjkr of N. Jers^fj. 



HISTORICAL 



CHAP. X, 



battle of Queenstoiim — the British General Brock 
Ici^ecL 



^LJLND it came to pass, on the morning of the thir- 
teenth day of the tenth month, 

2 That Stephen, a chief captain of Columbia, sir- 
Tiamed Van Rensselaer, essayed to cross the river which 
is called Niagara, with his whole army. 
I 3 Now the river lieth between the Lake Erie and the 
Lake Ontario. 

4 And the noise of the waters of the river is louder 
than the roaring of the forest; yea^ it is like mito the 
rushing of mighty armies to battle. 
|; 5 And the movement of the stupendous falls there- 
'of bringeth the people from all parts of the earth to be- 
hold it.* 

6 So Stephen gat his soldiers into the boats that were 
prepared for them, and they moved upon the rough 
waters of the river, towards the strong hold of Queens- 
town. 

7 And when the men of Britain saw them approach-^ 
they opened the engines upon them, from Fort GeorgCj 
-and round about. 

8 Nevertheless, they persevered ; although the strength 
of the waters, which were ungovernable, separated the 
^army. 

9 However, Solomon,t a captain and a kinsman of 

** Niagara Falk. t Col Solomon Van Rensselaer 



Stephen, reached the shore with the meu uriderliis com-^^ 
maiid, in all about two hundred. 

1 And lie put the army in battle array, in a valley, 
and moved up towards the strong hold; and Brock was 
the chief captain of the host of Britain. 

11 And from their strong hold they shot, with their 
Riischievous engines, balls of lead in abundance ; and it 
was as a shower of hail upon the peojjle of Columbia ; 

12 For th^re was no turning to the right hand nor to 
the left for safely. 

13 And Solomon and his men fought hard; and they 
Tuslied into tire hottest of the battle. 

14 And a captain of the United States, whose name 
was Chrystie, followed close after them, with a chosen 
band of brave men. 

15 So they pushed forward to the sti'ong hold, and 
drove the men of Britain before them like sheep, and 
smote them h.ip and thigh with great skiughter ; and 
Brock, their chief captaic, was among tlK^ slain. 

. 1 G And Chrystie, and the valiant Wool, and Ogik 
vie, and the host of Columbia, got into the hold, and the 
arm}' of the king tied * and Chrystie was wounded in 
die palm of his hand. 

17 But Solomon was sorely wounded, so that iiis 
strength failed him, and he went not intothe hold. 

1 8 And that day there fell of the servants of the king 
many valiant men, even those who were called. luvincl-- 
bles, and had g.iined great liDnour in Egypt. 

19 Nevertheless, the same day a mighty hos^t of sava- 
ges' and soldiers of the king,* came iorth again to battle. 



*" Reinforce iMfiisjrofh Fort Gsorg^ and Chij)pr>u'<< 

,Ji 2 



-3S mSTORlCJ^ 

and mslred upon the people of tb€ Umied Stjs.tes, STaS 
drove them from the strong hold of Qoeenstovv^j?* 

20 Fcftj'io.^ Stephen, the diief^aptain, could iiot pre- 
vail oa 'the hosts of militia -ou the other gide of the livei.' 
to cross over-c 

2i So tlie army oF GoKimbla moved down towards 
the rivet' to 'cross over again, that fhey niiglTt escape. 

22 But when they came down 'to the wat<?r side, lo ! 
they ^ere deceived, for there was not a boat to convey 
them to a place of safety 5 so they became captives to th« 
men of Britaiii. 

23 Now the men of Britain treated the prisoners 
kindly, and showed much tenderness towards' them 5 for 
which the people bkssed them. 

24 And the killed and wounded of the host of Colum- 
bia, were an hundred two score and ten. 

25 And the prisoners that fell into the hands of the 
Idng, were about seven hundred. 

26 Nevertheless, in a letter wliich Stephen sent to 
Henry j'^ the chief captain of the army of the nortii, he 
gave greal honor onto the captains wlio fought under 
4bim that day. 

27 And the names of the valiant men, who distin- 
guished themselves in the battle, were Wads worth, Van 
Rensselaer, Scott, Chrystie, Fenwick, Finkj Gibson., 
'«nd many other bra\^ men of war. 



^ Maj(^ Gen. Ikarhorn. 



^E?LBEIt 



CHAP- XL 



■^m, 'Smy.lk succeeds Gen. Van RcAsselaer — Jiig'ottcujk 
4o cross the Niagara-^ and failure — causes.. 



JLJLFTER these tliingSj on the •sam*- r^^-yiR ^vvluch ite 
letter was ^ written, Stephen rcsigRod the command of his 
■army to a certain chief captain wliose name wa.s Alexander. - 

2 Now Alexander was a man well skilled hi the ai ts 
*f warfare, 

3 And he made a proclamation to the young men of 
•the state of New York, wdierein he invited them to go fartli 

-from'their homes and join the hest under iiim. 

4 And the words = thereof : -pleased the }^oung men -so 
-that they went in numbers and joined AiexasJider, on the 
«hores-of the river 'v/hich is called Niagara. 

5 But here the hand of the scribe trembleth^ his tongue 
faltercch, his heart sickeneth, and he woidd fain blot 
from his memory that which truth compels him to record 5 
for he -is a hving witness thereof. 

6 Alas ! there was an evil spirit moving in> secret anel 
m bye-places throughout the land of Columbia. 

. 7 And lo ! its viper-<like insidiou.sness jcrept into the 
ears of the unwary husbandmen. 

8 For the sect of tlie tories wl>is-pered unto them, say- 
- ing, Lo! thelaws of the land cannot compel you to step 
over the borders the United States. 



'■^ Brig. Gen, Sm^tA, 



^ HISTORICAL 

9 Moreover, said tikv, the lieiceiicss vi the ^dvage.s i> 
terrible as the wiici t3'iier, k\ud their lusmbers as the tiees 
3f the forest. 

10 And the veteran sokliers of the kinaf, v/ho have 
b^en bred tc* war, are spread ,io 4«ukitLides oxqt the pro- 
vince of ^'aiiaxla. 

11 Therefor^j if ye go over to fidit ag^^hist them, _\e 
^vill be as sheep golriU' to th<2 slaughter ; and ye shall 
never again return to the house of 3 our futhiers, for ye 
will be destroyed. 

12 Even as the wickedness .of the war, which the 
great Sanhedrifn Jiave made against the king cannot 
prosper, so shall ye fall a prey to the folly ihereai. 

13 And it came te pass wken the husbandmen heaixl 
these smooth words, many of them were be\\ildered 'in 
their minds, and knew not what to do. 

14 So when the young men^ wiio had Hocked to the 
banners of Alexander, came down to the waters edge^ 
to go into the boats, iliey thought of the words which 
the enemies of Columbia had spoken, uiito them 5 and 
tliey refused to ctoss over : 

10 Neither could the persuasions of the chief captain 
prevail on them all io go into the boats ; and those whose 
hearts were willing w^ere not enough. 

16 So he was obliged to suller them to return to their 
> iiomes ; for his expectations were blasted. 

17 And the aimy of Ck)lumbia went into winter 
quarters ; for the «arth was covered w itli snow, and the 
waters of the great lakes, on the borders of which they 

rMd pitched their tentS; were congealed. 



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CHAP. XII. 



aptiire of the Britkh sloop of war Frolic, of 22 
guns, hy the United States' shop of war Wasp, of 
18 gum. 



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OW the strong ships of war of the kingdom of 
Great Britain were spread over the whole face of the 
waters of the ocean. 

2 But (ew, indeed, were the vessels of Columbia that 
were fighting ships, and carried the destroying engines, 

3 Howsoever, early in the morning of the eighteenth 
day of the tenth month, about the sixth hour, being or 
the sabbath day, 

4 One of the ships of Columbia, called the Wasp, 
the name of the captain whereof was Jones, a valiant 
man, discovered afar off one of the strong ships of the 
king. 

5 Now the ship of Britain was mightier than the 
ship of Columbia: and she was called the Frohe, and 
i:lie captain's name was Whinyeates. 

6 And they began to utt^r their thunders about the 
eleventh hour of the day, and the noises continued for 
more than the space of lialf an hour ; 

7 When the Wasp, failing upon the Frolic, and get- 
ting entangled therewith, the men struggled together; 



42 HISTORICAL 

and die mariners of Columbia overpowered the mari- 
ners of Britain. 

8 So it came to pass, that the Fi-olic became captive 
to the ship of Columbia. 

9 And the slain and the wounded ef the king-s ship 
were about four score. 

10 And the children of Columbia lost, in all, about 
half a score : howbeit, there was much damage done to 
both vessels. 

11 Nevertheless, about this time^ a mighty sliip of 
Britain, called the Poictiers, came upon the vessels, 
which were in a defenceless situation, and took them 
both, and commanded them to. go to the island of the 
king which is called Bermuda. 

12 However, the people of Columbia were pleased 
with the noble conduct of Jones, and for his vahant acts 
they gave him a sword of curioas workmanship. 

IS Moreover, while he remained at Bermuda, the 
inhabitants, the servants of the king, treated him kindly j 
and showed much respect for liim and his officers that 
were nKide captive. 



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CHAP. XIII. 



Capture of the British frigate Macedonian, hij Com. 
Decatur, in the frigate United States. — Brig Jlnen, 
captured by the British frigate SovUtampton, 



N 



OW it happened on the twenty-fifth day of tlie 
tenth month, in the first year of the war ; that a certain 
strong ship of Britain, that had prepared herself to fight 
a ship of Columbia, appeared upon the waters of tlie 
mighty deep. 

2 And she was commanded by a valiant captain, 
whose name was Garden,. and the name of the ship was 
the Macedonian. 

3 And on the same day slie m.et one of the strong 
ships of Columbia, the name of the captain whereof was 
Decatur, and the vessel was called the United States. 

4 Now Decatur was ;^ man who had neviar known 
fear ; and the good of his country w^as the pride of his 
heart; 

5 And when he came towards the vessel of the king^ 
Ive used no entreaty with his men, for they all lovsd 
him, and the motion of his finger was as the w^rd of his 
mouth. 

6 So when the ships came nigh unto one another, 
their thunders were tremendous, and the smoke thereof 
was as a black cloud. 

7 Nevertheless, in the space of about ninety min-utesj 



44 mSTORICAL 

the strong ship of Britain struck her red flag to tiis 
stripes of CoUmibia. 

8 Now the Macedonian was a new ship and she gat 
much damage. 

9 But the United States, like the companicnsv of 
Shadrach, moved unhurt upon the waters ; nay, ey-en 
her wings v/ere not singe:€k 

10 And the slain and the wounded, of the ship of 
the king, were five score and four. 

1 1 And there fell of the people of Cohimhia five who 
were slain outright, and there were seven maimedi 

12- Moreover the ship of Britain had seven of the 
stolen men of Columbia therein, who were compelled 
to fight against, their brethren; and two of them were 
slain in battle. 

13 And when Garden came- oh board the ship of 
Columbia^ he bowed his head, and offered to put his 
sword, oi curious workmanship, into the hands of De- 
catur. 

14 But Deca:ur said unto him. Nay, thovi hast de- 
fended thy ship like a valiant man ; therefore, keep thy 
sword, but receive my hand. 

15 So they sat down aud drank wine together ; for 
he spirits of brave men mingle even in the time of 

warfare. 

16 And after they had eaten and drank. Garden open- 
ed his mouth, for he was troubled in his mind, and spake 
unto Decatur^, saying : 

27 Lo ! if this thing which hath happened be known 
unto the king, that one of the vessels of Britain hath: 
struck her flag, and become captive to a vessel of the 
United ^States, what shall be done unto the captaiii* 



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tfieteof ? for sucli a tbing hath not been heard of among 
the nations of the earth. 

1 8 And Decatur answered, and spake unto Garden, 
saying. Verily thou tirt deceived, neitlier will harm hap- 
pen II ito thee. 

19 For, lo ! it came to pass, about three score days 
ji;^o, that one of the strong ships of the king, thy master, 
ill ' name whereof was called Guerriere, fell an easy 
\v:ey to one of the strong ships of Columbia ; and they 
biirat her with lire upon the waters. .^ 

20 Now when Garden heard these words, his heart 
leapi'd v/»t!i J(. V ; for he dreaded the frowns of the king^ 
and lie was gk\d that he stood not alone in the thing. 

21 Alter tJiis, in the eighteen hundred and thirteenth 
YL'ar of \l>.e chrisrian era, on the first day of the first 
niGiiih of tlie same year, and on the sixth day of the 
week, 

22 TlfC s'ilp United States, and the ship Macedonian 
came into th'j Iiaven ot' New- York, liaving passed a cer- 
tiun dciugerous place called Hell-gate ; and there was a 
heavy fog that day. 

23 And there were great rejoicings in the city of 
?^'r\v-Yoik, and throughout the land of Golumbia. 

24 ^Moreover, there was a sumptuous dinner given to 
Isaac, Deealur, and Jones, in honor of their valiant 
deeds ; and the number of the guests were about five 
Kun(h-ed. 

25 And the inhabitants of New-York made a great 
h^asi, onihe ninth day of the m.onth, for the brave marw 
ners that wrou^ljt in the ship (»f Golumbia. 

26 Aijd they became merry with the drinking of 



4^ HISTORICAL 

vine ; ai^er which they departed and went into a houss' 
of mirth and gaiety.* 

27 Now, it is v^rittcri in the words of Solomon, wht)se 
wisdom hath not been excelled, that, there is a time to 
weep, and a time to rejoice. 

28 Not many days after tho^e things, it came to 
pass, that the hearts of the lords and the counsellors of 
Britain were rejoiced. 

29 For a certain mighty ship, called the Southamp- 
ton, fell upon a smaller vessel of the United States,! 
and made eaptm-e thereof unto the king. 

SO But the storm arose, and the sea beat upon the 
vessels, dnd they were cast away, and they parted asuli-^ 
der, upon an island which lieth far $o the south, and both 
vessels were lost; 



* Theatre. 

f ilmted%Siai§t^ hrig^Vio^^n, 12 guns, G. W, Reed, 
(SftmmanderJ 



iREADER, -AT 



CHAP. xiy. 

,AJfeilrfi hi the north — sJcirmifihes — battle of Frcnchtown^ 
on the river Raisin — ccwturc of Gen. WinchcsterU 
jarmy — masmcre of American prisoners. 



N, 



OW it came to pass, that tlie wickedness o? Britain 
had roused up the spirit of Satan In the savages of the 
forest, in the north and in the west. 

2 And the tomahawk and the scaiping knife were 
j-aised against the people of Columbia on the borders of 
the great lakes. 

3 So the people sought after a valiant man to go 
against the savages and the men of Britain. 

4 And they pitched upon a certain governor of one of 
-the states in the west, whose name was Harrison,* and 
the great Sanhedrim made him a chief captain of the 
army. 

5 Moreover, ke was beloved by the people, and a 
mighty host of husbandmen were ready to follow after 
him. 

6 And Harrison rested his army at the strong hold of 
Meigs, nigh the Miami Rapids^ which lieth in the way 
journeying towards the strong hold of Maiden, which is 
in the province of the king; whither he intended to go 
forth in the pleasant season of tlie year. 



MaJ. Gen. W. H. Harrison. Governor of OJnVt^ 



48 HISTORICAL 

7" And Winchester* was another ciiief captain timt 
-vt'ent against the savages. 

8 Now the savages had been a sore thorn in tlie side 
of the people of Cokimbia. 

9 They had assailed tlie hold which is called after a- 
chief captain, whose name Vv'as Dearborn, and their num- 
bers overpowered it. and they used deceit^ and put to 
death the men, and the women^ and the infants that were 
found in the hold, after they ha^ become captives, sav^e 
about half a score, 

10 And their hov/lings along tlie diirk forest were 
more terrible than the \nld wolf, and their murderous 
cu'.ning more dreadful than the prowl'mg tygc^r. 

11 And the servants of the king gave tliem to drink 
of the strong waters of Jamaica, v.ell knowing thsit they 
love 1 it as they did their own souls. 

'12 These were the allies, the messmates, the com- 
panions of the soldiers of Britain ! hired assassins. 

13 liov/ever, about this thne there were many brave 
captains of the people of the United Steles that went 
against them. 

14 Even Russel, and Hopkins, and Tupper, and 
Campbell, and Williams, and others, who drove the red 
savages before them, 

15 And burnl their villages,* and laid waste their 
liabitations, and slew many of -theni : for it is written i-* 
1,he holy scripture, Bk^od for blood I 

16 Nevertheless, they treated the sa^-c^f:;-" prlsci-c ■. 
who fell into their hands kindly ; noitiio-r bi:ii'jr: d ■h<y 
the people to buffet tliem ! 

17 But it came to })ns^^ on tlie tWx^-iit y-socond dny oi' 



Jhig. {.an. mnciic^ier. 



READER. 49 

tlie first month, that a mighty horde of savages, and ser- 
vants of the king, fell upon the army of Winchester the 
chief captain. 

18 And it was about the dawning of the day, when 
the destructive engines opened their fires. 

19 And the place where the battle was fought wa& 
called, in the vernacular tongue, Frenchtown, which 
lieth on the south side of the River Raisin, nigh unto 
Lake Erie. 

20 Now the name of the chief captain of the army 
of Britain was Proctor, and he proved himself a wicked 
man, and his name is despised even unto this day, 

21 And when the battle v/axed hot, and they began to 
rush one upon another with great violence, 

22 The small bc»nd of Columbia fought desperately, 
and the slaughter was dreadful : and the pure snow of 
heaven was sprinkled and stained with the blood of 
men ! 

23 Nevertheless, the people of the United States 
were overcome, and their chief captain made prisoner. 

24 So when Winchester found he was maele captive, 
and that there was no hope for the rest of the men under 
his command, he made gf league with Pructor^ the chief 
captain of the host of the king. 

25 In the which Proctor agreed to vouchsafe protec- 
tion to the captive men of Columbia, from the wrath of 
the savages, whom he had inflamed. 

26 Now the number of the m«n of Co\mihia that 
fell into their hands that day., v,ere about five hundred ; 
and the slain and wounded about an huudred two sco* 
and ten. 

■E .2 



50 HISTORICAL 

27 And the number of the savages and the men of 
-Britain who fell in battle that day were many. 

28 And Proctor removed the captives mito the strong 
.hold of Maiden, which lieth upon the opposite side of 

the river, iu the province of the king. 

29 But, in the cruelty of his heart, he left the sick, 
the wounded, and the dying to the mercy of the savages 
©f the wilderrress ! 

30 In this thing he transgressed the woi'd he had 
pledged, which ij, evil in the sight of the Lord. 

3 1 Oh ! for a veil to hide in utter darkness the hor- 
rid deeds of that awful day, that they might not be 

.handed down to the children of men,, in the times to 
come. 

32 Lo ! early in the morning of the next day, ere 
the sun liad risen, the work of death began ! 

S3 Behold the sullen savage, with deadly rage, drag 
forth the shivering soldier over the blood-stained snow 
fainting, bleeding with his wounds, and imploring on his 
knees for mercy. 

34 Alas ! the savage understand^th not his words j 
but giveth him a blow with the hatchet of death. 

- 35 For have not the counsellors of Britain said, For 
this will we give unto you silver and gold ? 

36 Thus- were the poor wounded prisoners of Co- 
1 Jumbia slaughtered in abundance. 

37 And Round-Head, the chief captain of the war- 
riors, and the sav^es wnder him, gat great praise from 
Proctor, the chief captain of the Jaost of Britain.* 

38 Neither did the sick > and . wounded escape, who 



"* See FfQCtgr's account) dated Quebec^ Feb. 8, iSl^o 



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had gathered themselves together in the houses, that 
they might be sheltered from the piercing cold 5 even 
those who were weary and unable to go fortli. 

39 For the- savages put the burning brand to the 
Iiouses, from which they could not flee, and burnt them 
to death therein. 

40 And the flames and the smoke arose j and their 
cries and their groans reached the high chancery of 
heaven, 

41 Where they will stand recorded, until the coming 
of that day for which all other days were made. 

42 Lo! these were the helpmates of the mighty 
kingdom of Britain, that noble and generous nation^ 
the hulwark of religion ! 

43 Tell it not in Gath ; publish it not in the streets of 
Askelon.* 



* The. whole efthis massacre was conducted under the 
eyes of the British officers, and sanctioned hy them as 
well as by their government ; this fact has never been 
''idisavowedz 



.52 HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XV. 



Captaj-e of the British frigate Java, hy the United 
States frigate Constitution. 



JLN the twelfth month of the first year of the decree 
of the great Sanhedrinij on the twenty and ninth day of 
the monthj 

2 It came to pass, that one of the strong ships of the 
king had approached the country of the south, which 
lieth many thousand miles off. 

5 And the ship was called Java, after one of the 
sweet scented islands of the east ; where the poppy 
flourishes, where the heat of the sun is abundant, and 
where the Bohon Upas emits its deadly poison. 

4 Moreover, she carried about four hundred and fifty 
men, and a governor,* and many officers and soldiers of 
the king ; and she was well prepared for battle. 

5 And Lambert commanded the jship of Britain, and 
lie was a brave and valiant man. 

6 So, as he passed along, nigh unto the coast of Brazil, 
where the sun casteth the shadow of a man to the south 
at noon day : 

7 (A place unknown to the cliildren of Israel, in the 
iiays of Moses) 

8 Lo ! one of the tall ships of Columbia, even the 
Constitution, beheld her when she was yet a gre^ 



* Gov, Hyslop^ and suite^ bound to Bombai^. 



READER. 53 

, way off, cUid made signs unto licr wliicli she answered 
not ; 

9 Which caused the gallant captain, whose sir-name 
was Bainbrk^^e,* to cast a sh.ot towards her, aiter 
which she received the ihuuder of his destroying en- 
gin<3s. 

iO And it was about the second hour after the mid- 
day, when the sound of the battle-drum was heard. 

1 1 And, as they approached towards each other, the 
peoj)le shouted aloud; and the roaring of the engines was 
dreadful. 

12 And the servants of the king fought bravely 5 and 
they held out to the last. 

13 Ffjr they were ashamed to let tiie nations of the 
earth say unto them, 

14 Lo ! ye, who are the lords i\.rd the masters of th.e 
mighty deep, have sulfered these feeble Yankees to con- 
quer you. 

15 There.^>rej the slaughter was dreaclfuij beyoaU 
measure. 

16 And the black clouds of smoke arose, and ob- 
scured the rays of the sun, so that they fought in the 
shade. 

17 And the winds moved the vessels about, and they 
strove to avoid the balls of lead, and the heavy balls of 
iron, that whistled about them in multitudes. 

18 (Now these balls, which were gathered fronj tlie 
bov/els of the earth, were an invention unknown to the 
the Philistines ; even Sampson was a stranger to 
them.) 

^ ,_~-.».^ ,— ... * 

* Coin. BnJnhrid^i^, 



54 HISTORICAL 

19 However, the ships fought hard, for the space .of 
about two hours, when their thunders ceased. 

20 And the ship of Britain had become a wreck, 
. and the deck thereof was -covered with blood ! 

21 Nevertheless, the .serv>ant3. of the king, struck not 
the ilag of Britain ; for they were loth and hesitated : 

22 But when Hainbridge, who. saw this, came down 4 
upon them a second time, they feumyed themselves, 
and drew down the British cross. 

23 And the slain and. the wounded of the king, that 
day, were an hundred three score and ten ; 

24 And those of the people of Columbia, were about 
thirty and four. 

25 Mojffiover, Bambridge, the. captain of the vessel 
©f the United States, was sorely wounded. 

26 And Lambei-t, the captain of the ship of the 
king, was wounded, even unto death. 

27 Now when the servants of the king were taken 
from the wreck, and meat and drink sat before then:^ 
that they might be refreshed, they partook thereof and 
were thankful 

28 And on . the second day Bainbridge put a match 
to the black dust that remained in the ship, and sbe 
burst asunder, and rent the air with a loud noise. 

29 And the fragments thereof were spread upon the 
waters round about. 

30 And the fish of the sea, even the mighty wli^iles, 
fled from the noise of the explosion. 

31 Hovv-ever, the Constitution escaped not unhurt, for 
she was much wounded in her tackling. 

32 So, when Bainbridge came into the haven of St. 
Salvador, which lieth farther to the south, he^ave the 



I READER 55 

!|*ien of Britain, whom he had made captive, h'berty to' 
ijgo home to the king, their master. 

I 33 But when the tidings thereof reached the palace 
I of the king, the lords and the princes and the rulers of 
• Britain were confounded. 

34 Their spirits sunk within them : astonishment 
seized the tyrants of the ocean. 

35 The smile of joy had departed from their counte- 
nances, and the gloom of despair h®vered around tliem, 

36 The wise men and the orators were mute ; they 
gaped one upon another, and wist not what to say. 

37 But the people of Columbia, from the north to 
thfe south, were gladdened -, and bestowed great honor 
land praise on Bainbridge the captain. 

138 Even the great Sanhedrim of the people rejoiced^ 
wth great joy. 



HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XVI. 



Gom. Rodgers^ return from a second cnd.'w — capture oj\ 
the JJ. States brig Viper — the General ArmsirGng 
and a British frigate — privateering. 



'N< 



OW it came to pass, in the ])eginning of tl;e one 
thousand eight hundred atid thirteenth year of the 
b'rcat Founder of the Christian sect, 

2 That a strong ship of the United States, called 
the President, commanded by Rodgers, returned a se- 
rond time to the land of Columbia. 

3 And while she was upon the wat<^*rs of the great 
df^ep, she fell in with one of (he packets of the king 
called after the swift flying bird* of tii6 air, and made 
vapture thereof. 

4 And in the ship Rodgers found abundance oJ^vcalth, 
even an hundred, sixty and eight thousand pieces of 
:^ liver. 

5 And it was carried, with many horses, to a place 
of safe-keeping,t in the town of Boston, which liethto 
the east. 

6 Moreover, he made capture of anotlier ship of 
the king4 laden with oil and bones of the great ii..h cf 
the deep. 

7 Now it happened, on the seventeenth-rlay of the 
ii rst month of tlu; same year, 

,* Sicalloio. t Bank cf Boston, X ^^'U^ ylrgo. 



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S That one of the weak vessels of the United States* 
became a prey to one of the strong ships of the king, 
called the Narcissus : atbeit, she fought not. 

9 About this time the great waters of the Chesa- 
peake, which empty into the sea, were guarded by the 
strong ships of the king, so that the vessels might not ar- 
rive or depart therefrom. 

10 But the vessels of the United States, and the 
private vessels of the men of Columbia, were doing 
great damage unto the commerce of Britain, even in he^ 
own waters. 

1 1 And the number of the private vessels, that moved 
s« iftly over the face of the waters, and went out to de- 
spoil the commerce of Britain, and to capture the mer- 
chant vessels thereof, was about two hundred two score 
and ten. 

12 And they made capture of more than fifteen hun- 
dred of the vessels of the people of Britain.t 

13 Moreover, there was a sore battle between one 
of the private armed vessels of the people of the United 
States, and a strong ship of the king4 

14 The privateer was called the General Armstrong, 
and the name of the captain was Giiy.j) 

15 Now Guy was a vaUant man, and fear was a 
stranger to him. 

] 6 And on tiie eleventh day of the third month he 
espied from afar a vessel which appeared as a speck 
n})on the waters. 

17 But when he bore down upon her, behold ? she 



Viper, t During the war. | A British J ri gate. 
". QaM. Champlain,. 
. ' ' F 



53 HISTORICAL 

iva.s a fighting ship of Britain, carrying the destroying 
engines. 

1 8 And Giiy was near being entrapped, for he was 
deceived, thinking it was a merchant's vessel. 

19 Therefore he was compelled to fight; so he open- 
ed upon the vessel of the king, one of his mischievous 
engines called, in the vernacular tongue, Long-Tom. 

20 And they fought hard, and the noise of the engines 
was very great. 

21 And the balls of lead and iron showered around 
Kke hail-stones ; for the strong ship of Britain had them 
in abundance. 

22 Now the slaughter Was dreadful on both sides, 
and Guy was on the point of making capture of the 
ship : but he received a wound, and his vessel was disa- 
bled, so he made good his escape. 

23 And the slain and the wounded of Guy were 
twenty and three, and the vessel of the king lost about 
twice that number. 

24 Now, for this valiant act, Guy gat great honor^ 
and the people give him a sword of fine workmanship. 

25 Moreover, the Saratoga, the Scourge, the Chas- 
seur, and many other private vessels of the people of the 
United States, were a grievous plague to the servants of 
the king ; 

26 Inasmuch as $om6 of them made sport with the 
miffhty blockade of Britain, which she put forth against 
the free people of the land of Columbia. 

2T For when they came nigh unto the coast of Britain, 
they made capture and burnt the vessels of the king, that 
carried ricli?merrhandise, costlyjewels^and silver and gold. 

28 Yea, even in their own waters, and in the sight ojt 
O'd; mvn havens, did they do these things. 



HEADER. 5P; 

29 For it happened that the cunning Yankees knew 
how to construct the swift-sailiisg vessels, that they out- 
ran the strong vessels of Britain. 

30 And as the ships of Britain moved but slowly on 
the waters, so they caught them not. 

3 1 Wherefore the artificers, the mechanics, and those 
^vho dealt in merchandise, raised their voices to the great 
■council of Britain, saying, 

32 Lo ! are we not the faithful servants of the king, 
our master ? have we not given unto him the one half of 
our whole substance ? aud shall these Yankees take 
from us the remainder ? 

33 Hath not the king a thousand ships of war ? and 
wherefore should we be hemmed in ? 

34 Lo ! our merchant vessels are idle! neither can 
we pass in safety even unto the land of Hibernia, which 
licth nigh unto us. 

35 And, behold, th€ captain of a private armed ves- 
sel of the Yankees, in derision of the proclamat on of 
our lord the king, hath proclaimed the island of Great 
Britain and her dependencies in a state of rigourous 
blockade ; saying, Lo ! I have the power to hem ye in. 

36 Therefore, let the counselors of the king ponder 
these things, and let the strong ships of Britain drive the 
vessels of Columbia from our coast. 

37 Now the wisemen of Britain heard those things with 
sorrow ; and they spake one to another concerning the 
matter : 

3 8 But they wist not what to do ; for the cunning of 
the captains of .the fast sailing vessels of Columbia, sur-* 
passed the wisdom of the lords of Br^ain, 



m HISTORICAL 

CHAP. XVIL 

Capture and burning of Ogdcnsburgh by the British, 



XN these days the war against Columbia was waged 
with great violence, 

2 And the fur-clad savages prowled in secret places 
and fell upon the helpless. 

S ' They hid themselves in the wilderness ; they 
couched down as a lion ; and, as a young lion, they 
watched for their prey.' 

4 The tall and leafless trees of the forest bent to the 
stro 1: winds of the north ; and the sound thereof was 
as the roaring of mighty waters. 

5 Moreover, the face of the earth was covered with 
snow, and the water of the rivers was frozen. 

6 And the borders of Columbia, nigh unto the pro- 
vince of the king, were exposed to the transgressions of 
the enemy. 

7 And the soldiers of the king came in abundance 
from the island of Britain, raid pitcheu their tents in the 
Canadian provinces. 

8 Accordingly, it came to pass, on the twenty-second 
day of the second month, being the birth-day of Wash- 
ington, the deliverer, 

9 That a mighty host came out of the province of 
the king, and went against the town of Ogdens.burglx, 
and made capture thereof. 



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10 And there were five slaiu and ten wounded of 
tlie people of Columbia, and about three score were 
taken by the servants of the king. 

11 Moreover, the men of Britain gat much spoil; 
^ven a large quantity, of the black dust fell into their 
hands ; 

12 And twelve of the destroying engines, whicli the 
people of Columbia had taken from the king about forty 
years before. 

13 Also, thr^e hundred. ten ts, and more than a thoU" 
sand weapons of war; but the vessels and the boat^ 
they consumed with fire. 

14 Now Ogdensburgh was a beautiful village to be- 
licld ; nevertheless th§y burned it with fire, and it be- 
came a heap of ruins. 

15 And the women and the children looked for their 
homes, but found them not ; and tiiey sat down in sor- 
row, for the haughty conquerors laughed at their suffer- 
ings. 

16 After which they returned with their spoil to 
Prescott, from whence they came, being. ^n the oth^r 

.side of the, water, in, the. provi^ice ©f tlie king. 

17 And the honor that was given to the servants of 
Britain that day was as, a thimble full of water spilt into 
the sea : (<di they were like unto a giant going out against 
a bulnihih. 



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«2 HISTORICAL 



CHAP. xvin. 



Capture of the Feacoclc, of 1S> guns, hy the V. S. 
shop af war Hornet, of 1 6 guns — return of the 
Chesapeake from a cruise. 



JL he deeds of the renowned warriorSj the patriots^ 
and the valiant men of Columbia^ have prepared a patli 
for the scribe, which he is compelled to follow : 

2 But, as the soaring eagle moves to its craggy nest, 
or the cooing dove to its tender mate, so is the compulsion 
of his heart. 

- 3 If the wickedness of Britain hath made manifest 
her folly : if her sons have sat down in sackcloth and 
ashes, the scribe looketh down upon her with pity. 

4 It is written that, He who prideth himself in his 
strength shall be humbled j and the haughty shall be 
brought low. 

5 And, if the Lord hath smiled upon the arms of 
Columbia, let no man frown. 

6 Now it came to pass, in the eighteen hundred and 
thirteenth year of the christian era, on the twenty-fourth 
day of the second month, 

7 That one of the fighting vessels of Columbia, called 
the Hornet, which signifieth, in the vernacular tongue, 
a fly whose sting is poison, 

8 Moved upon the waters of the great deep, far to 
the south, near unto a place which is called Demarara. 



KEADErj. Gs 

9 Moreover, ilie captaiu of the Hornei was a valiant 
man, entl his name was Lawrence. 

10 And it was towards the setting of the sun, when 
he came nigh unto one of the strong ships of the king, 
called the Peacock, after the bird whose feathers are 
beautiful to behold ; 

11 And the captain thereof was sir-named Peake. 

12 Now began tlie roaring noises of the engines of 
destruction, that opened their mouths against one an- 
other; and dreadful was the slaughter of that day. 

13 Nevertheless, in the space of about the fourth 
part of an hour, the vessel of the king was captured by 
die people of Columbia. 

14 And they found therein some of the mariners of 
the United States, who had begged that they might go 
down into the hold of the ship, and not raise their hands 
against the blood of their own brethren : 

15 But Peake, the commander, suffered them not, but 
compelled them to fight against their own kinsmen : and 
one of them was slain in battle. 

16 And the killed and maimed of the people of Bri- 
tain, were about two score and two : and Peake the cap- 
tain, was also slain : and the loss of Columbia was about 
live souls I 

17 Moreover, the Peacock sunk down into the yawn- 
ing deep, before they could get all the men of Britain out 
of her ; and three of the people of Columbia were bu- 
ried with her, whilst in the humane act of endeavouring 
to preserve the lives of the enemy, 

18 Now this was the fifth fighting vessel of the king 
which had been humbled, since the decree of the great 
Sanhedrim, before the destroying engines of the people 
of Columbia, 



>€4 HISTORICAL 

19 And Lawrence, and the brave men that fouglii 
"^mth him, had honor and praise poured out upert them 
abundantly. 

20 Moreover, the people of New-York gave unto 
Lawrence vessels of silver, with curious devices ; and 
triey made a feast for the men who fought in the Hor- 
, net. 

21 And all the people wer-e exceedingly rejoiced at 
jhe valiant acts of Lawrence, and his fame extended 
throughout the land of Columbia 5 the sound of his 
^iame was the joy of every heart. 

22 But when the news thereof reached the ears of 
the wise men of Britain, they said, ho ! these men are 

vgiaiits ; -Jieither are they lil^e unto the warriors of the 
.king. 

23 And their v.irclicraU and their cunning are dark- 
ness unto us; even as when a man puUeth a candle mi- 
dor a buiihc--. 

2 4 Behold! five times hath the ^striped bunting^ 
of Columbia, triumphed over the royal cross of Bri- 
.tain, 

25 Now the great Sanke^.rim, who were assembled 
togethc)> forgat not the valiant deeds. of the mariners ©f 
Columbia. 

26 For they -divided amongst .tlreni more than seven- 
ty thousand pieces of silver. 

27 And it came to pass, on the tenth day of the 
, fourth month, in the same year, that the Chesapeake, a 

strong vessel of the United States, arrived in the haven 
, of Boston. 

2S She had sailed upon the face of t!ie rough wa- 



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ters more than an hundred c?ays, after she departed from 
tha land of Columbia, and passed a great v/ay to the 
south : 

29 And went hard by the island of Barbadoes, and 
those places, in the great sea which encompas«eth the 
world, from whence they bring poisoned waters, which 
open the womb of the earth to receive the unwary sons 
of men. 

30 Moreover, in returning, she came nigh unto the 
Capes of Virginia, where the sweet-scented plant* 
groweth in abundance. 

S 1 And while she was on the ocean she captured a 
number of the vessels of the people of Britain, which 
were laden with rich merchandise. 



* ro5«cc<^, 



m HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XIX. 

x^apture of little York, in Upper Canada — tlie desiruc. 
tion of the tcJiole American army prevented by the 
precaution of Gen. Pike — Ms death. 



N 



OW, whilst these things happened in the southj 
and the evils of war destroyed the life of man, and the 
smiles of heaven strengthened the arms, and lifted up 
the glory of Columbia. ; 

2 Behold, preparations of warfare were making oa 
the borders of the great lakes of the north. 

3 And the vessels of war of Columbia that were up- 
on the waters of the lake called Ontario, were com- 
manded by a brave man, whose name was Chauncey. 

4 Now on the twenty-fifth day of the fourth month, 
their'army of Columbia, who were gathered on the shore 
of the lake, went down into the strong ves&els of Chaun- 
cey. 

5 And the number that went into the vessels was 
about two thousand. 

6 And Henry* an4 Zebulon, whose sir-name was 
Pike,t were the chief captains of the host of Columbia. 

7 On the same day the sails of the vessels were 
spread to the winds of heaven, and they moved towards 



JSUnor General Decirhorn, t Brig. Gen. Pih, 



KEADEPf. (yf 

a place calJecl Little York,* in the province of Canada. 

8 Howbeit, the winds were adverse and blew with 
great violence from the east^ 

9 Nevertheless, on the morning of the twenty-seventh 
day of the same mouth, the army of Columbia, com- 
manded by Pike,- the chief cnjjtain, moved out of tlie 
strong ships of the United States. 

10 But Henry remained on board tlie vessel of 
Chauncey, neither came lie to the water's edge. 

1 1 Aiid the place where the host of Columbia land- 
ed was to the west of the town, abo'U twenty and four 
furlongs, and from the strongs hold of the king about ten 
furlongs. 

12 The gallant Forsyth, who led a band of brave 
men, who loaght not for filthy lucre's sake, went before 
the host. 

13 And tlieir weapons of wnr were of curious work- 
manship,' anti ti)( -; :^; i;t liuth balls of lead ; such as 
were irrvuown to f harordi wiicn he fuiiov/ed the Ciiii- 
dreii of Israel down into tlie red sea. 

14 Now Zebilon, wifn a tiioiisand chosen men, fol- 
lov/ed close auer Forsytli, the warrior. 

15 Abouj tliis time the savacres and the servants of 
the king, even a great multitude, opened their engine^ of 
destruction without mercy. 

iG And from the forest, and the secret places, their 
balls were showered like unto hail-stones, and the sound 
thereof was as sharp thunder. 

17 And a man, whose name was Shcaffe, was the 
chief captain of the host of Britain. 

^* Capital of U. Canada, t Rifes. 



6S HISTORICAL 

1 8 Now the destroyiiig engines of the strong hold 
of the king issued fire and smoke with a mighty noise 
and sliot at the vessels of the United States. 

19 But Chauncey returned unto them four-fold ^ and 
and the buttle waxed hot, both on the land and on the 
water. 

20 And the men of Columbia rushed forward with 
fiercenesSj and drove the men of Britain from their strong 
hold. 

21 So they fied towards the town for safety/ for they 
were overcome ; and the savages were smitten with 
fear, their loud yeilings ceased, and their feet v\ ere hght 
a;s the wild roe ; | 

22 Nevertheless^ the men of Columbia shouted aloud,] 
and sounded their trumpets, their cymbals, and their 
noisy drums, which were contrived since the days of 
Jeroboam, king of Israel. 

23 And Zebulon, the valiant- warrior, followed hard 
after tliem ; and they found no rest ; for they were sore 
pushed, and the phunioai of their unaginations pictured 
out new evils. 

24 So when they found they were nigh being made 
saptive, they departed in haste from the town and from 
the strong hold thereof, save about two score. 

25 Now when the anny of Britain was overthrown j 
wlien they were compelled to flee from the strong hold ^ 
the wickedness of Satan entered into their hearts. 

20 And they gatliered together abundance of the 
black dust and fixed it in the lowermost part of the fort, 
below tlie walls of stone. 

y put s li;; 



READER. e<) 

;jw iluit when the whole army of Cohimbia got into the 
hold, they might be destroyed. 

28 But the Lord, who is good, even he who govern- 
eth the destinies of man, permitted it not. 

29 Now when Zebulon and his army came out of 
the thick woods, in battle array, to go forth against tiie 
strong hold, 

SO Lo ! they saw not the host of Britain ; but the 
eye of Zebulon was as the eye of an eagle, his strength 
as the lion, aiul his jiicljjment as the wise : 

31 Sa he stayed his men of war from rushin?; for- 
ward towards the place, lest they might be entrapped : 
aiid he caused them to move along the wood to the 
right hand and to the left. 

32 About this time,, a stripling from the south, with 
his weapon of war in his hand, ran up to Zebulon, and 
spake unto him, sa3^ing, 

33 Behold! a man of Britain appeareth in the fort ; 
suuerme, I pray thee, to slay him, for he is busied with 
tiie destroying engines : 

34 But Zebulon said, nay 5 we are yet a great way 

35 And the young nicin entreated him a second time^ 
saying, I beseech tbee, let me step out before the host 
and slay him, lest the engine be let loose upon us j then 
Zebulon said unto him. Go. 

oG So he ran out before the army and shot the man^ 
and he fell to the earth ; and it was about a furlong off, 
and the weight of the ball was about the weight of a 
shekel. 

37 But as the young man returned to where the at- 
ir>v staved, behold ! tlie black dust in the held cau^t 
G 



fb IirSTORICAL 

fire, and it rest the air with the noise of a thousand' 
thunders : 

38 And the whole army fell down upon their faces* 
tb the earth ; and the stones, and the fragments of rocks^ 
were lifted high ; and the falling thereof was terrible 
even unto death. 

39 Yea; it was dreadful as the niiglity earthquake, 
which overturneth cities. 

40 And the whole face of the earth round about, and 
the army of Zebulon, were overshadowed with black 
smoke ; so that, for a time, one man saw not another : 

41 But when the heavy clouds of smoke passed away 
towards the west, behold the earth was covered v>^ith the 
killed and the wounded. 

42 A las ! the sight was shocking to behold j as the 
deed was ignoble. 

43 About two hundred men rose not : the stones had 
bruised them ; the sharp rocks had fallen upon them : 

44 They were wedged into the earth : their weapons 
of war were bent down into the ground with them j 
their feet were turned towards h«aven ; their limbs were 
lopped off. 

45 But when those who escaped unhurt arose and 
looked aroun'*, they beheld not their chieftain; he liad 
fallen to the earth. 

46 A huge stone smote him upon the back, ar.d 
two of nis officers, (one of whom was the galktiit 



I 



* However strange this may appear^ it is a fact ilud 
the co7inission of the air produced that effect o?i near 
nil who fronted the explosion. 



\ 



READER n 

I'raserj) raisecl him up and led him forth from the field 
of murder ; the one on the one side, and tlie other oji 
the other side. 

4/ And as they led him away he turned liis head 
around to his brave warriors, and said unto them, Go 
on ; I will be with you soon ! I anr not slain. 

48 The magic of his words gave joy to their hearts; 
for they loved liiri as they loved their own father. 

49 And with resistless force his noble band riis'.cd on, 
at the trumpet's soiuid, over the heaps of slahi and 
wounded, to gicry, and to, triumph ! 

50 And a swift messenger ran down unto Henry, 
with these words in his mouth, Lo ! the right hand of 
our army is slain ! its pride is gone ! Zebulon has fal- 
len ? 

51 Immediately Henry departed from the fleet, anH 
came to the shore, mid went up and led the host of Co- 
lumbia to the town and took it. 

52 Now the slain, the maimed and the captives of 
the host of Britain that day, were about a thousand 
fighting men : 

53 And the loss of the men of Columbia was about 
three hundred slain and wounded. 

54 And Henry, the chief captain, gave great honor to 
the captains un/ler him, even Ripley, Forsyth and Eus- 
l^s, and all the brave men that fought that day. 

55 Nevertheless, Sheaffe, the captain of the king^ 
escaped with a handful of men, and the swift-footed 
savages : leaving behind Hjq the iasignia of British 
mercy !-^a hunaan scalp I 



n HISTORICAL 

56 But tlie rejoicings of the people were mingled 
with deep sorrow ; for the brave were slain in battle. 

57 Oh ! earthj how long shall thy inhabitants delight 
in warfare ? when shall tlie old men cease to weep foi- 
their children ? 

58 Behold yon loliely widows ; they weep for their 
liusbands and their children; but they shall see their 
jaces no more ! 

59 The fair daughters of Columbia sigh for the re- 
turn of their beloved. 

60 Seest thou those little ones? they fly to their dis- 
consolate mother, they leap v>dth joy at the name of 
father ! but he shall never return ! 

6 i Oh ! that they had cast the black dust into the 
sea! t'-en might not the children of men weep and 
wail. 

6? Now on the next day, when- the army of Zebuloa 
gat the tidings that their captain was slain, the tears 
started in their eyes ; they were mute, their hearts failed 
them ; and they became as weak women. 

63 Moreover, the United States made great lamen- 
feitions over him ; and the remembrance of his name 
shall live io the hearts of the people. 

04 The eagle of Columbia dropt a feather from her 
wing, which the angel of brightness caught ere it fell to 
the earth, ascended to heaven, and recorded the name 
^f Pi^. 



CHAP. XX. 

Shetclies of the History of America. 



"JL he the voice of many years shall drop upon the 
children of men ; and oar children's children shall hear- 
ken unto it in the daj^s to come. 

2 The country of Columbia is a wide extended land, 
which reacheth from the north to the south, more than 
eight thousand miles ; and tiie bi^adth thereof is about 
three thousand. 

3 Moreover the name of the country was called after 
the name of a great man, who was born in a place called 
Genoa ; being in Italia, onthe sea-coast. 

4 His name was Christopher, sir-named Columbus 

5 As the righteous man struiigleth against wickedness, 
so did he against ignorance and stupidity. 

G Nevertheless, it came to pass, in the fourteen hm> 
i^red and ninety second year of the Christian era, thdt he 
crossed the waters of the mighty deep, a thing that had 
never been known among the sons of men. 

7 And the place vWi?re iie landed v/as an island in 
the st:a, nigii unto the continent of Columbia, called San 
Salvador ; which, being interpreted, signifieth a place of 
safety. 

S Artxi ihe place was inhabited by wild savages, ana 
they v.'ere nalted. 

9 ^-ow when tlie people heard thnt Columbus had 
found a now laud, they wer'^; astunished beyond measure-; 



74 HISTORICAL 

Tor it was maay thousand miles off; moreover, some of 
them strove to rob him of the honour, and he was treated 
wrongful^. 

20 But his name was lifted up above his enemies, and 
it shall not be lost. 

1 1 Now the land of Columbia is a most plentiful land? 
yielding gold and silver, and brass and iron abimdanlly. 

12 Likewise, all manner of creatures which are used 
^-^for food, and herbs and fruits of the earth : 

13 From the red cherry, and the rosy peach of the 
Borth, to the lemon, and the golden orange of the south. 

14 And from the small insect, that cheateth the mi- 
croscopic eye, to the huge mammoth that once moved on 
the borders of the river Hudson; on the great river 
Ohio ; and even down to the country of Patagonia in 

- the south. 

15 tNow the heighth of a mamrrioth is about seven, 
cubits and a half, and the length thereof fourteen cu- 
bits ; and the bones thereof being weighed are more than 
thirty thousand shekels ; and the length of the tusks is 
3»iore than six cubits. 

16 It is more wonderful than the elephant ; and the 
history thereof, is it not recorded in the book of Jeffer- 
son, the scribe ?* 

17 The fierce tyger and the spotted leopard dwell 
in the dark forests; and the swift-footed deer upon 
the mountains and high places. 

18 No'v the number of inhabitants that are sp»-ead 
ov^r the whole continent, is more than an hundred mil- 
lion. 

* Jefferson^ $ notes on Virginia , 



19 And the people of Columbia^ wko are indepen- 
dent of the tyrants of the earth, and who dwell between 
the great river which is ceJled Mississippi^ in the south, 
and the province of Canada in the north, being number- 
ed^ are about ten thousand tinaes ten thousand souls.* 

20 The men are comely and noble, and cowardice 
hath forgot to light upon them : neidier are they a sii- 
perstitious people ; they are peace-makers, they love 
the God of Israel, and worship him ; and there are no 
idolaters amongst them. 

2 1 The women are passing beautiful ; they are like 
unto fresh lilies ; their cheeks are like wild roses ; their 
lips as a thread of scarlet; nature hath gifted them with 
Roman virtue and patriotism ; a*id they have spread 
goodness with a plentiful hand. 

22 Now it had happened in times past that the king 
©f Britain had made war upoa tlie people of Colunibijiiji 
even forty years ago. 

23 For the riches and prosperity of Columbia had 
become great, and the king coveted them. 

24 And the war raged witli the might of Britain, 
even in the heart of the land of Columbia, for about the 
space of seven years, when the -army of Columbia be- 
came triumphant ; neither could the power of Biitaia 
Conquer the sons of liberty. 

25 Accordingly a part of those w'lo remained of 
the armies of Britain returned home to the king, their 
master ; but a great number refused to return, prefer- 



* The last census, in I^IO, stated the amount at 
about 8,000,000, tun number may now prohahhj he in- 
creased to I0;000,000. 



70 HISTORICAL 

U\^ a coimiiy "vdiose mnd l;iv/s are equally and rigliteons- 
ly uispenst'd^ and where the liar{i earnings of industry 
are not taken away by the tax-gatherer : 

26 So there was peace threughout the United States^ 
and a covenant made between the nations. 

27 But the names of the v/lse men of the great San- 
hedrirn in those days^ and • the names of those who 
fought hard in battle, and spilt their blood in the cause 
Gf hberty, are the}^ not Vv ritten iu tlie books of the chro^n- 
icles of those days ? 

28 No\y the fatness, of th-: l^ind of Colunibia bringetb 
people from all nations to dwt 11 iherein. 

29 The people of Colunibia use no persuasion, the 
Sucred cause of Liberty is the star op attbac- 
TiCN : an- 1 the time shall come when the eyes of ail men 
6:;.iii be opened, and the earth shall rejoice. 

30 Their laws are wholesome, for the people are the 
lawgivers, even as it was in the days o[ Cesar j but they 
Liiow no kiiic-s. 



EEADEH. 



CHAP. XXI. 



Depredutions hi the Ckesapeahe — Hacrc-de-GraCe 
hurnt by the British under yidm. Cockhurn — at-^ 
tack on Cram/ Island-^- Hampton taken hy the 
British — outrajies. 



J_^ OW it came to pass, that the rrJglity fleet of Bri- 
tain, which was movin?- round about the great ]3ay of 
■Chesapcakej committed much evil upon the shores 
thereof. 

2 And they robbed those who were defenceless, <i\}ii 
-•arried away their fatted cattle, tlieir shieep, and all 

those things which the}' found, and put tliem into the 
strong ships of the king. 

3 Moreover, they burnt the dwellings of the helpless 
with fire, and they accounted it sport. 

4 And the old men, the little children, paid the womeHfi 
yea, the fair daughters of Columbia, were compelled t® 

..fly from the wickedness of barbarians. 

5 Even the small villages tliat rose beautifully on the 
river side, became a prey unto thejn, and were consumed 
by men who called themselves the mighty conquerors of 
Europe. 

G They were like hungry wolves that are never satis- 
fied; destruction and devastation marked their footsteps 

7 Now the ships of the king were commanded by a 
wicked mjifl whoge name was CockbuirH. 



rs HISTORICAL 

8 And it was so, tliEit on the third day cf the fifth 
: month, in the thirty and seventh year oi" ihe indepen- 
dence of tlie peo;)le of Columbia, 

9 Cockbiii'D, sir-n:>med the wicked, led forth a host 
(A the savage viieii of llriiaiii, against a pleasant village; 
eallcd Iia^Te-dc-Grac<>, which lieth on the borders of 
tliQ Susquehauiui, a noble river 5 being in the state of 

10 Sow tiiere wns none (o defend the place, save one 
man, ^vhose sir-naiue was O'Neil, who came from the 
land of Hibernia, aiidhJmUK-y maJe captiye. 

11 And they came as the barbarians of the wilder- 
ress: fierceness was in their looks, cruelty was in their 
iiearts. 

12 To the dwelling houses they put the burning' 
brand, and plundered the poor and needy without pity 5 
such wickedness v,as not done ©ven among the Philis- 
tines. 

13 The women and children cried aloud, and fell 
down at the feet of the chief ca[>tain of the king : but^ 
alas ! his heart was like unto lUe heart of Pharaoh ; he 
heard them not. 

14 However, it came to pass, the next day, when 
tlie pitiless Cockburn had collected his booty, and 
glutted his savage disposition, he. departed. 

15 And on the sixth day of the same month he 
went against other unprotected villages, which lie on 
tlie river Sassafras, called Fredericks! own and George- 
town, and buiT.t them also. 

16 So did he return to his wickedness as a dog re- 
'iirneth to his v mit. ! 

17 Now about this time the number of the strong 



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sfiips of Billam was increased, and great multitudes of 
the soldiers of the king came with them to the waters 
of the Chesapeake. 

18 And it came to pass, on the twenty-second day 
of the next month, that Ccckburn, tlie chief captain of 
the ships of Britain, essayed to go against a small island, 
nigh unto Norfolk in the state of Virginia, called in the 
vernacular tongue, Crany-Island. 

19 And the number of the men of Britain that weui 
against the island was about five thousand j and they 
began to get upon the shore at the dawning of tlie day. 

20 Near unto this place a lew vessels of Columbia, 
commanded by the ga.llant Cassin, were hemmed in by 
about a score of the mighty ships of the king. 

21 Now the fighting vessels under Cassin wqv^ 
mostly small, and werie called giuiboats, and the\' were 
little more than half a score in njnnher. 

22 Ho-v\ beit, but a few days before, they went against 
the Junon,* a strong ship of Britain, and compelled her ' 
to depart from before the mouths of the destroving en- 
gines. 

23 But this island was defenceless ; and there came 
to protect it an hundred brave seamen from the gim- 
boats, and an hundred and fifty valiant men from the 
Constellation, a fighting ship of the United States. 

24 And they brought the destroying engines with 
them, and they let them loose upon the vessels of the 
king, and upon the men who were landing upon the 



* British Frigate, Junon, 



S^ HISTORICAL 

25 And the thundering noise thereof astonislied " 
riie servants of tlie king; for they knew there was but 

a handful of men upon the island. 

26 Moreover, Britain in her folly had introduced a 
new instrument of destruction, called Congreve Rock- 
ets, in honour of tlieir inventor ; and these were used 
m Cxsat abiuidance. 

27 But they were harmless as turtle doves, for they 
ki'lt^d not a man, 

2i ^^ow the men of Columbia, whh their handicraft, 
shnt I . balls of ir-ni 3a"'"cii a;- a. arrow from a bow, aud 
ii. ^y '•] miTcb damar^e tc che s<. . vants of the king. 

2 ■ asii.'.ich ci; they slew abuir. iwo hundred of the 
?r'-." < 'ta'i that day; and drove the host of thcni 

Sv • . . ty sr.ny of Britain flc 1 ' .;iSto' to the^ 

str(.a^ -'^'p-s ':i.i ' 'or safety. 

^i Nuw o'l ntv-iJth d-y o-' tie «^i'.k morth 

the army oi ^'- ^ ^^i:, i a ■ -hu^c l.d Bamp- 

ton, wijjcb l^-ih ii. > 'iginia, ana took :L 

32 llowbe^t, <n*- l.u ■ of Cciumbia, commahd- 
ed by Crui-jMield, :^'' gli • 'd Bg<^in^t theiii. 

33 NevrriliiHt/ss, t!iey p-- aiied over ;ri)i, ai;d slew 
seven of iij'< .';cn„ aiK' woi- jd others, v.. 031 v> >.lch he 
iiid; for the men of Biitairj were like umo a swarm of 
kcosts. 

54 But the blood of ' "o hiD^dr^d royal invaders be- . 
«ame a sacrifice to the svi^ -^n^z^ ff iliCir lea.teis. 

S"5 "'■'v' England! that a .- ' jighi be ca^t over tby 
ir -i;-.-- s of tliat day : bui '.t caiaiot be. 

36 ih- ■ \v..u --^s shall be ^^riiten with a pen of 
irouj aad „ itn the point af a diamond. 



READER. 81 

ST It was here, even in Ilnmpton, that tliy strength, 
ar.d thy majesty rose up against the poor, the sick, and 
-. tiie needy. 

S8 instead of proteciing the tender women, the fair- 
est work of God, the life of the v/oild ; behold ! what 
hast thou done? 

39 Sec ! the shrieking matron cast lierself into the 
waters that she may escape thy brnta] violence : but all. 
in vain ; lier garments are torn from lier; she becomes 
a- prey to thy savage lust. 

40 Not she albne. but her daughter, and her fair sis-. 
j ters,have fallen into iUy unhallowed hands, and been de- 
filed ! 

41 Oh, Britain ! tlie voice of violated chastity riseth 
lip against tliee ; the mark of the beast is indehbly 
printed in thy foreJiead : 

42 Even the old and weak men became victims of 
thy barbarity ; thy, servants stripped the aged Hope, 
and bufieted hrm 5 with the point of their swords did 
they torment him. 

43 Do the groans of the murdered Kirby creep into 
thine ears ? go thou and repent of thine evil, and do so 
no more : the Lord God of Hosts shall be thy judge ; 

44 The generous people of Columbia may possibly 
forgive thy crimes against them ; but the rememl.rance 
thereof shall live to the end of time 5 neither shall they 
forget the name of Cockburn 



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82^ HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XXII. 

Russian 7nediation-^Bai/ard and Gallatin sail /of St. 
Peter^biirgh — the British compelled to abandon the 
siege of Fort Meigs. 



T 



HE lofty eagle cutteth the air with his wings, and 
moveth rapidly along ; the fish of the deep glide swiftly 
through the waters ; the timid deer bounds through the 
thick forests with wonderful speed : 

2 But Imagination surpasseth them all ; she rideth 
«n the fleet winds ; she holdeth a stream of lightning in 
her hand. 

3 In an instant she flieth from the frozen mountains of 
2embla, in the regions of the north, to the burning sand^ 
of Africa in the torrid zone. 

4 Now the sons of Columbia were peace-makers ; 
neither did their footstepg follow after warfare. 

5 And, it is written in the holy scriptures, Blessed 
are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the chil- 
dren of God. 

6 So the great Sanhedrim of the people sent two of^ 
the wise men of Columbia, the one named Gallatin and 
the other Bayard, into a distant country : 

7 Even unto the extensive country of Russia, that 
, there they micht meet the wise men of Britain, and lieal 

the wounds ef the nationsj and make peace with one 
!;piother. 



I 



ilEADEE. *6 

8 But the people of Britain yielded not to the rntrea-- 
Vies of the great Sanhedrim 5 tlierefore the war continued 
to rage. 

9 So it came to pji^s, on the fifth day of the fifth 
month, ia the pleasant season of the year ; when the 
trees put forth their leaves and the air is perfumed witj^ 
the sweet scent of flowers, and the blue violets bespread 
ihe green hillocks ; 

10 That Harrison, the chief eaptain, from the west 
the brave warrior, who had entrenched himself in the 
strong hold of Meigs, nigh unto the river Miami, sallied 
forth against the savages and the men of Crilain, that 
hemmed him in. 

11 Now there were about a thousand soldiers of the 
king, and a thousand savages that had besieged the fort 
many days ; and threw therein the balls of destructionj 
^nd strove to make captive the army of Columbia. 

,12 Nevertheless, Harrison, and his gallant little band, 
fought hard against them, and drove them Ircm before 
the strong hold with great slaughter. 

13 Likewise, the slain of Columbia was about four 
score, besides the wounded. 

14 Moreover, the chief captain gave great honour to 
Miller and all the captains and soldiers under ium ; even 
those called militia. 

15 And the names of the states of Orii and 
Kentucky were raised high, by the vaUant acts of liieir 
sons that day. 



«4 HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XXIII. 

Surrende?' of Fort George and Fort Erie to the yhner- 
icans — Gen Brown drives the British from before 
Sacketfs Harhour unth great loss — Gais, JVinder 
and Chandler made prisoners at Forty-^mile Creek. 



JL% OW, on the twenty-seventh day of the same 
month, behig thirty days after Zebulon had gone to sleep 
with his fathers, 

2 Henry, whose sir-name v/as Dearborn, and Lew- 
is,* the chief captains of the army of Columbia, and 
-C'jHncey the comaiander rf the fleet of the United 
St'^ es, that moved on the waters of tl.e ^^'cat lake On- 
tario, essayed to go against Fort George aad Fort Erie^ 
in the province of the kin 

3 For they had p'-evio • ly concerted th"i.- }ib-n and 
matured it ; and taken o board the sbi^.'S. t!:e anny of 
Columbia, and a numbf r ofthe destroying e- -^iii' s- 

4 And when the vessels of Cliauncey came ni^^h unto 
the place, they let the engines loose upon the fort, with a 
roaring noise. 

5 In the meantime the army landed upon the shore, 
and went against the servants of the king. 



* Gen. Morgan Lewis. 



READER. Ic 

^ And the men of Britain were friglnenGd at the 
•sound of the warring instruments that reached tlieu 
-camp, and they lied in dismay towards the strong hold 
of Queenstown. 

7 And they destroyed their tents, and their store- 
houses, and put a matcii to the black dust of their maga- 
zines, and blewtheraup into the air : this they did evea 
from ^Chippewa to Albino. 

8 Moreover, tlie slain and wounded of the king were 
two liundredtwo scQre.and ten^ of the men of Colum- 
bia about three score, were slain and maimed. 

9 So the forts of George and Erie were captured by 
the army and navy of the United J^tates. 

10 And Henry and Isaac, whose sir-name was 
Chauncey, spake well o f all the captains and men that 
fought with them. 

11 The gallant captains Scott and Forsyth fought 
bravel}^ ; neither were they afraid. 

12 Boyd, and M'Comb, and Winder, and Chandlerj 
and Porter, and a host of heroes, turned not aside from 
the heat of the battle. 

13 And here the noble spirit of the youthful Perry 
burst forth into view: a man made to astonish ilie 

. world, and shower down glory upon the arms of Colum- 
bia. 

14 Now it happened about the same time, that tlie 
strong ships of Britain movod t(>war(!s the ot'uT end 
of the lake, to the east thereof, and went against a place 

. called Sackett's Harbor. 

15 The fleet of the ki«g was commanded bv a c\vei 
t capta'n whose name was 7eo : and 1 revost, the go- 
vernor of Canada, commanded the army. 

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8^ HISTORICAL 

16 And on the morning of the twenty-ninth day of 
the month, they landed more than a thousand men on 
the siiores of Cohjmbia. 

17 Howbeitj a certain vahant nian, even Jacob, 
whose sir-name was Brown, commanded the host of 
Cohmibia that Vv'ent a^^ainst them : 

18 And Jacob, albeit a man of peace,* drove the 
men of Britam, and compelled them to the rapidly 
from the shore, and get them into their vessels. 

19 So Prevost and Yeo returned to the strong hold 
of Kingston. 

20 And the skill of Jacob, in driving away the sol- 
diers of the king, pleased the people, and they honoured 
him greatly. 

21 Not many days after these things, there was a 
sore battle fouy,ht, near to a place called Forty-mile 
Creek. 

22 And it was so that Winder and Chandler, two 
brave captains of the United States, and about four 
score men, were come upon unawares in the darkness 
ef the night, and made captive by the servants of the 
king. 

23 After which they were convej^ed to the strong 
hold of Montreal, which lieth in the province of Cana- 
da, on the river St. Lawrence . 

24 The officers and soldiers of Columbia fought 
bravely, and there were many slain and wounded on 
both sides : 

25 Nevertheless, the array of the United States 
3r«gt«d nigh unto the place. 



^ Ge». Brown k a Quaker, 



READER. ^7 



CUAV. XXIV. 

Capture of iJie C}i<saj)eaJ:e- — Comjnodorc Decatur 
blockaded in T\cw-Londott, 



AN" these days the pride of Britain was sorely wonnd' 
ed : for she had been discomfited upoa the waters of 
the great deep ; and disappointment had sharpened her 
anger. 

2 The people of Columbia had triumphed over her 
ships ; and her mighty armies had gained no honors. 

3 Notwithstanding she had made peace with the na- 
tions of Europe, and her whole strength was turned 
against the people of Columbia. 

4 The prosperity of many hundred years had jflatter- 
ed her, and she was puffed up with the vanity thereof 5 
yea, she had forgotten herself. 

5 So it came to pass, on the first day of the sixth 
month, that a certain strong ship of the king, called 
the Shannon, appeared before the haven of Boston, 
which lieth to the east. 

6 And she bade defiance to the vessels of Columbia; 
for she had prepared herself for the event. 

7 Xow the Chesapeake, a fighting ship of the United 
States, was nigh unto the place ; and she was command- 
ed '-y the brave Lawrence, who had gained much honot 
in the eiglu of the people 5 neither was he afrakl. 



SB HISTORICAL 

8 Ani he went fortk to battle a;7;ainst the vessel df 
the king, wliicii was coininaiided by Broke, a valiant 
man. 

<j Moreover^, the mischievc.is engines that were in the 
f hip of Britain were mare, and the number of tlieir men 
greater than those of the vessel of the United States. 

10 For Broke irad gotten about two hundred men.5 
and secreted them ; so that v/hcn the hour of danger ar- 
rived th*^y might assist his men, and fall unawares upoa 
the men of Lawrence. 

1 1 Nevertheless, towards the going down of the suii^ 
the vessels drew High to each other. 

12 And Lav/rence spake unto his ofUcers and bis 
mariners, saying : 

13 Now shall we set onr engines at tlie work of de- 
struction ; let the fire issue out of their mouths, as it 
were like unto fiery dragons. 

14 And although their nrimliers be gi^ater than ours, 
yet we may be conquerois ; for he who is httle of spirit 
gaineth nothing. 

15 But if, perad venture, we should be overcomej 
even then shall not the sacred cause of LibefvTy per- 
ish, neither shall the people of Columbia be disheart° 
ened. 

16 Also, your names shall be recorded as the cham- 
pions of freedom. 

1^ \nd the nations of the earth sJiall learn with as- 
tonish ni'^nt, how dearly you prize tlie inheritance of your 
fathers. 

18 Now when Lawrence had made an end of speak- 
in2, 'h^y sat the les?;-0 7ing engines to work, and rushed 
0ae upon aiiotiier like fierce tygers. 



READER, 89 

19 The fiiT and smoke ^yerc abundant, and tremen- 
^doLis was the noise that rent tiie air and floated upon the 
;« aters . 

20 And tlie Chesapeake fell close upon the Shannon. 
swards rlaslie^l Avith swords, and pikes with pikes; ana 
drcadfid was the conflict thereof. 

21 But the men of Broke were more numerous than 
the men of Ea^vrcnce, and overpowcied them, by the 
means of their mmibers. 

22 Already had the valiant Laurence fallen ; his life- 
blood flowed fast 5 still he cryed out to his brave compan- 
ions, saying unto them, Don't give up the ship j his noble 
spirit fied, but his name shall sot perish. 

23 Moreover, about this time all the officers of the 
ship of the United States were either slain or sorely 
wounded; so she was captured by the vessel of the king. 

24 And Satan rose up in the hearts of the conquerors.j 
and they shot the balls of death down into the hold of the 
vessel of the United St*iics, even against ilie halt and 
maimed who had surrendered themselves. 

25 And v/!ien the tidings -thereof readied the king- 
dom of Great Brit dn, the lords, the princes, the rulers, 
yea, all the people were rejoiced beyond m.easure. 

26 And they bade their roaring engines utter their 
voices in London, their chief cit}'^, that had been silent 
many years, even those ia the great tower,* which was 
built by VViUiam the Bastard, more than seven hundred 
years ago. 



* On this occasion they fired their tower guns, tvhick 
had ?iot been done since Nl'Iso}i''s mctwa. 



§0 liIS"TORI€AL 

9.7 Tlioir joy was uiiboimded, for they had ovejrcojfae 
.#NE of the strong ships of Columbia. 

28 Now the slain and the wounded on board thfi 
Chesapeake, were an hundred two score ajjd four ; aiid 
tiiere fell of the servants of the king about two hua- 
ilred. 

29 Amongst the slain of Columbi'a were also Augus- 
tus, whose sir-name was Ludlow, and another brave 
©liker whose name was White. 

30 And when the |)€ople of ColuHibia heard of a 
truth that Lawrence was slain, they mourned for hii^ 
many days. 

SI His body was conveyed to a place called Halifax, 
in the province of the king, where they honoured bis 
memory, and buried hini for a while. 

32 But in a short time thereafter his body was take^ 
out of the earth, with the body of Ludlow, and convey* 
ed to the city of New-York, for interment. 

33 And the captain's name who volunteered his ser- 
vices in this act of patriotism, and who brought the 
laodies away from Halifax, was Crowuingshield, of 
^alem, in the state of Massachusetts. 

S4 So Lawrence was buried in the burial-place of 
his fathers, in his own land : and a great multitude of ^ 
people went out to behold the funeral as it passed '■ 
through the city. 

35 And his valiant deeds shall live forever in the re- 
membrance of the people. 

36 About this time, on the fourth day of the month, 
tl;'^ brave Decatur essayed to go forth with his vessel 

, apon the waters of the mighty deep. 

$7 And the vessels that were with, him were. called , 

i 



READER. n 

the United States, the Hornet, and the Macedonian; 
the latter a strong ship which he had captured from 
tlie king. 

58 But it was so, that some large vessels of Pritain, 
•arrying each of them more than seventy of the destroy- 
ing engines, suffered him not to go forth. 

59 Moreover, they wished to retake the Maccdonian-j 
that they might retrieve the shame of the capture there- 
of. 

40 So the ships of Britctin blockaded Decatur and 
his ships in the haven of New-London, which lieth it 
the state of Connecticut, nigh unto a place called StoR - 
isgton^ and they remained there many months. 



!)2: HISTORICAl. 



GIIAP. XXV. 

Capture qfCoJ. Bocrsflrr and Major Chapin 2/nth their 
com^i^md — -ircatment of Prisoners — Major Ch€(^ 

piii'a escape. 



_Ll3 OW there was much hard lighting on the borders^ 
for the nations were wroth against one another, and 
many men were slain by tlie sword. 

2 But it is written in the book of Jeremiah the 
prophet, thai {]e who is slain by the sword, is better 
than he who is slain by famine. 

3 Nevertheless, many of the soldiers of Coh«-mibia 
sufTejX'd hunger ; for they h.ul gi\enunto them nnwhole- 
some food, and a scan-y (are, 

4 Although, when the servants of tiie king became 
captives to tiie ])eople of ( obimbia, tlicy were kindly 
treated, and partook of the fat of the hi;:d. 

5 Now it came to pa;%s. i i the srcond year of the 
war, on the twenty-third ^lay of the sixtli month, 

6 That a captain of tlie United Mates, whose sir- 
name was Eoerstler, was ordcjed to go forth from the 
strong hold of Fort George, to annoy the enemy. 

7 And the name of ihe place wiien'; he essayed to go, 
was called Beaver-dams, beino: distant from tiie strong 
hold of Queenstown about seventy furlongs. 



READER. qSy 

8" And the n'-imber of th > niPii of war of Columbia 
who followed after liini was Utile more than five hun- 
dred. 

9 But when they came nigh unto the place, early in 
tlie mvjrninf;- of the next day, lo ! they were encompass- 
ei! rouUil about by the savages and soldiers of the king. 

10 Nevertheless, tliey fought bravely for a time ; and 
I Dearborn, t'le chief captain of Foit George, sent the 

vali.iqt Clirystie to help him out of his snare. 

11 But Boerstler and his army had already become 
captive to the men of Britain. 

1-2 And they made a covenant in writing, between 
one another, but the men of Britain violated the cove^ 
nanti 

13 Inasjnuch as they permitted the savages to rob the 
oHi :ers of tln^r swords, and their apparel, yea, even the 
shoes from oft' their feet. 

14 After wliich t!ie men of Columbia were commantV 
ed to go, in boats, do.vn to the strong hold of Kingston, 
in the province of the king. 

15 But a certain brave captain, called Chapin,* a 
cunning man withal, made lii^ escape in a boat, and ar- 
rived at the strong hold of Fort George; having, by 
the strength of his single arm, overpowered three of the 
strong men of Britain. 



* Major Chaj^in., 



mSTORICAt 



CHAP. XXVI. 



Capture of Fort ScJiIosser and Black Rock GeiK 

Dearhorn resigns his command to Gen. Boyd, on 

account of sickness tJie Six Nations of Indianf' 

declare tear ao-ainst Canada. 



I 



A; 



-ND it came to pass, on the fourth day of the seventh' l 
moHthj which is the birth day of Columbian Liberty 
and Independence/ 

2 In the dark and solemn hour of the night, when th.s- 
deadly savage walkcth abroad, and the hungry wolves 
liowl along the forest, 

3 A band of the men of Brit^ain crossed over tlie 
water from Chi ppawa to a ■)lacecalied Tort ScLlosery- ; 

4 And there was a handliil of the men of the United 
States in the ulice, whoili they made captive, beir.g- 
twelve in number, 

5 Likewi^-e. they carried away the bread and the > 
liieat, and ^' n^.e ofthe btroug waters; also one of ihe 
destroying engines. 

6 Moreover, tje en<r!ne which they brought away was 
iSiade partly of brass, partly of iron, ard partly of wood. 

7 And the weight of the be 11 thi;t issued out of its 
mouth was about two hundred shekels, after the shekel 
of l!be sanctuary. 



KEADEK 9^ 

8 On the tenth day of the same month they also pass- 
ed over the river Niagara, towards a place called Black 
Rock, and the small band at. the place fled. 

9 And they destroyed the strong house, and the 
camp with fire, and curried awiiy the flour, and the salt.^ 

.and such things as they stood in necvl ot\ 

10 However, while thsy were yet carrying them a- 
way, there came a band of men cl' the United States, 
from the village of Buffaloe, 

11 And let their instrumenis ot war loose upon them-j 
and smote them even unto d«^atli ; albeit, those who were 
not slain escaped widi their jjlunder. 

12 And they fled hastily away, leaving nine of their 
slain behind, and more than half a score of cap- 
tives. 

13 The soldiers of the king were commanded by 
two men, the one called Bishop and the other Warren, 
and the men of Columbia were commanded by a chief 
captain, named Porter.* 

14 About this time the savages and the m.en of war 
of Britain assailed the guards and the out-posts near 
unto Fort George 

15 Day after day and night after night did they anr 
noythem; and m uiy were s -lin on both sides. 

IG And Dearborn, the chief captiiin of the fort, and of 
the host of Columbia round about Niagara, became sick 
and unable to go out to battle. 

IT So Boyd, a brave and tried warrior, was made 
hief captain in his stead, until Wilkinson, the chief 
captain, arrived : and the gallant Fraser was appointed 
one of his aids. 



* G^n, P. B, Porter 



So HISTORICAL 

1 8 Now there were some amongst the tribes of the 
savages, who had been instructed in the ways of God, 
and taught to walk in the path of righteousness ; 

19 For the chief go pernor of the land of Columbia^ 
<ind the great Sanhedrim of the people, isad taken them 
under their care. 

20 And sent good men amongst them to preach the 
gospel, and instruct them in the sublime doctrine of the 
Saviour of the world. 

21 And the}' hearkened unto the preacliers, and -were 
convinced, and their natures were softened. 

22 Amongst these tribes were those who were called 
the Six nations of New York Indians ; 

23 A'ld their eyes were opened, and they saw the 
e«vil and wickedness of Britain. 

24 So their chiefs and their counsellors rose up and 
made war against the province of Canada, and fought 
ajainst the hired savages of (he king of Britain. 

25 But in all their acts they suffered not the spirit of 
barbarians to rule over them. 

26 They remembered the good counsel given to them 
by their aged chief.* 

27 And when the red savages and the men of Britaiii 
fell into their hands, they raised neither the tomahawk 
nor the scalping knife. 

28 Nay, they treated them kindly ; and those who 
were slain in battle they disturbed not ; and their human- 
ity exceeded the humanity of the wliite men of Britain. 



"^ Alluding to an eloqucrd speech, ddivcrcd Q.hoid 
that timCj to the Six ISationSyby one of their old war-- 
riors. 



HEADER. 9f 



CHAP. XXVII. 



Af airs on Lake Ontario^ between the fleets of Com o 
Ghauncei/ and Sir James Yeo, 



XN tiiose fiays; the great, waters of the lake Ontario 
were troubled with the movements of the fighting ships 
of Columbia, as well as those of the king. 

2 No\v the fleet of the king, wliich was commanded 
by Yeo, who was a skilful captain, was greater than the 
fiei^t of Columbia, vTiiich was commanded by the brave 
Ciiauncey. 

3 And they had contrived to move to and fro upon the 
bosom of the IpJie Ontario many montlis, 

4 And two of tlie small vessels, called the Julia and 
the Growler, being parted from the fleet, foil into the 
hnnds of Yeo. 

5 Nevertheless, Chauncey followed after Yea, and 
henmedhim Jn Ua- ■^ tii.-c. 

•6 But a .strong west wind arose and the tlects were 
again separated. 

7 After this Chauncey captured a number of small 
fighting vessels, and about three hundred soldiers of the 

■ 6 Now it was so, that when Yeo put his fleet in battle 
array, as though he would fight, 

9 Then Chauncey v/eiit out against him, to n^eet him, 
and aive him bait!'/ ; but .tl^e heart of Yeo failed !un\ 
:;.nJ he turned aside from the ships of Columbia. 
T .? 



9S HISTOUICAL 

10 So Chauncey sailed along the borders of the lake, 
from the one end to the other ; even from Niagara to 
Sackett's Harbour, and Yeo followed him not. 

1 1 Now all the vessels of the king, and all the ves- 
sels of the United States, that carried the destroying en- 
gines, upon the lake Ontario, being numbered were about 
seventeen. 

12 Howsoever, they cut down the tall trees of the 
forest, and hewed them, and built many more strong 
vessels ; although they had no gophar-wood amongst 
them in these days. 

13 And they made stories to them, even to the third 
story, and they put windows in them, and they pitched 
them within and without with pitch j after the fashion of - 
the ark. 

14 And, lo L^some of the ships which they built upon 
the lake, carried about an hundred of the engines of 
death. 

15 And the weight of a ball which they vomited forth 
was about a thousand shekels. ■ 

16 Now the rest of the acts of Chauncey and YeOj 
which they did, are they not written in the book of Pal- 
mer, the scribe ?* 

* Historical Register, an excellent publication, in 
4 voh. octavo, printed in Fhiladelpliiay ISl 6, lo/tich 
contains the facts and the ojicial documents of the late 
war. 



RE.tDEH, .99 



CHAP. XXVIIL 



Affairs on Lake aiamplain-^piUage ofPlatUburgh hy 

-the Briiish— bombardment of BiiHitigton—depreda-' 

tiom committed inthe Chesapeahe,£:nd along the coast 



IS OWthe fighting .vessels of Britain began to appear 
upon the lake, called by the ancient Gauls, Champlain- 

2 And the vessels of war of Columbia that were upor. 
the waters of tbe lake, were not yet i)repared for the 
battle ; the name of their commander was M'Donoaioh 
a stripling. 

3 So, it came to pass, on the thirty and first day of 
the seventh month, that the vessels of the king came for- 
ward against Plattsburgh, which lieth on the borders of 
the lake. 

4 And there were none to defend the place; for the 
army of Hampton, a chief captain of the United States, 

was encamped upon the opposite side of the lake, at, a 
place called Burlington, in the state of Vermont. 

And the number of the soldiers of the king that land- 
ed at Plattsburgh was more than a thousand men, and 
the name of their chief captain was Murray. 

6 And a cajnain of the United States, whose name 
vwas Mooers, a man of valor, strove to gather together 



^0 HISTORIGAL 

the Imsbaridmen of the place 5 but ihey were note- 
noijgh. 

7 So the army of the king captured the place ; and 
the men of Coiumbia fled before tiie men of Britam. 

8 Moreover, tlie wickedness which had been commit- 
ted at Hampton. was noised abroad, even from the 
shores of A'irginia to lake Champlain. 

9 Accordingly, ail the women and children, who 
■were able, suddenly -fleparted from the pla-ce, lest the 
.same thing might, peradveiiture, happen unto them. 

10 Neither v/ere they deceived in jiidgii entj kr^ k^l 
when the place was given up, and a covenant made, the 
servants of the king proved faithless. 

1 1 Tliey abided not by the coBt'"act ; saying, Pish ! ye 
are but yankees, therefore vvdll we do to you as seemeth 

^meet unto us ! 

J 2 So they burnt the koi?ses, and all other .things be- 
longing to, the United States, with fire. 

13 After v/hi'-h tliey fell upon the merchandise, the 
^goods, and tiie cliattles of all manner of persons ; nay the 

persons of some of the women were abused : 

14 r^leanwhile they forced oth.ers to put the burning 
brand to tlieir own dwellings ; or pay them tribute. 

1:3 They killed the cattle, and prepared them food ; 
.and after they had eaten an,d drank, they overturm^d 
..the tables. 

16 So, when their, vengeance was completed, tliey 
-departed to other places and committed like evils. 

17 About the same time the vessels of the kin"- +hat 
sailed on the lake, went against the town of Eurlingtc^; 

5 vdiere tlie army of Hampton was. 
,18 But when the men of Columbia began to let the 



READER -101 

destroying engines loose r.pon them, from the strong hold 
before the town, they fled in dismay. 

19 No\7 while these tjiiiags were passing in tlie north, 
the greedy sons of. Britain were laymg desolate the smali 
4-111 ages of the south. 

^ 20 On the waters of the Chesapeake they eaptured 
the small vessels and made spoil thereof. 
j 21 Moreover, they gat possesion of a small place 
called Kent Island, and robbed the poor and needy""; for 
there was no mercy in them. 

22 Yea, it,was said of a truth, and talkedabruud, thai 
they came in the night time, and distmbed the small 
cattle, and the fowls, and took them for their own use, 
and crawled away like men ashamed ; 

23 Thus coramiting a sin, by violating the eighth 
commandment of God, which saith, Thou shalt not 

STEAL. 

24 Even the state of North-Cardlina escaped them 
not- ; they landed a thousand men of war at a place call- 
ed Ocracocke. 

25 And again the work of destruction began ; they 
spread terror and dismay whithersoever they went. 

26 They troubled the men of Columbia all along the 
sea coast, which- is raore than eight ihousand furlongs, 
from north to south. 

27 Moreover, they gat much plunder ; even much of 
the good things with which the land of Columbia 
abonndeth. 



JI02 HrSTORIClL 



.CHAP XXIX. 

Jrlojor CrogJicm defeats the British and Indiani;, undar _, 
Gen. Frocto}', in their attack on Fort Stej)he7ison ^ ' 
Lower Sandusly, 

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m 



EVERTHELESS, it came to pass^ that Ilarlson^ 
the chief captain of tlie north west army, had placed 
.a captain, a young man, in the hold called Fort Stephen- 
son, to defend it. 

2 Now the fort lieth at the western end of the great 
lake Erie, at a place called Sandusky. 

3 And the number of the soldiers that were with the 
youth in the held was about an hundred and three score^ 
and they had, only one of the destroying engines. 

4 Now the nxime of tlie young man was George, and 
his sir-name was Croghan. 

5 So, on the first day. of the eighth month, about the 
going down of the sun, a mighty host from Maiden ap- 
peared before the hold ; 

6 Even a thousand savages, and about five hundred 
men of war of Britain j and Proctor was the commander 
thereof. 

7 Moreover, they brought the instruments of destruc- 
tion in great plenty even howitzers, which were not 
known in the days of tlie children of Israel. J 

S And they had prepared tliemselvcs for the fight? 



READER. ior 

and encompassed tlie place round about, botk by land ' 
and by water. 

9 A;"t:'r viiich Proctor sent a messaG^e to the brave 
Croghau, by a captain wliose name was Elliot, and the 
words thereof were in this sort : 

1"^ o ' now ye can neither move to the rif^ht nor to 
the left" o escape, for we havf hemmeJ you in 5 

1 X i..i: i\' fore, that your blood may not oe sj)ilt in vain, 
we com 'uand that ye give up the strong hold into the 
hands of the servants of the'king, and become captives. 

12 '* e have the destroying engines in abundance, and 
we are a numerous host. 

13 Furthermore, if ye refuse then shall the wild sa-" 
%-ages be let loose upon you ; and there sIkJI be none left 
among- you to go and tell the tidings thereof. 

14 But wlim Cr'>f;han heard the m^ssjic^.'^, be answer- 
e\ and said unto Clliot, Get thee now to thy chief cap- 
tain, ;m 1 say unto hi.n, I refuse j neitiier wia i hearken' 
unto him : 

15 And if it be so, that he come against me with his 
wh(ile host, even then will I not turn aside from the 
fierce battle ; though his numbers were as the sand on 
the sea shore. 

16 Lo ! David, of old, with a sling and a stone, slew 
the migh.ty Goliah : and shall the people of Columbia be 
afraid, and bow before the tyrants of Europe ? 

17 Then EL-'ot return jd to the army of the king; and 
immediately the mouths of their engines were opened 
arpin^t the fort. 

18 And tiie noise t]:€reof continued a loig time; even 
itntil the next day ; but their battering prevailed not. 

1'9 Now when Proctor saw it was of no avail, he di- 



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vided his host into two hands, and appointed a captain tor 
eaci band ; and they irjoVed towards the fort and assail- 
ed it with grea? violcMice. 

20 But the men of Cro.9:han were prepared fcTthem ; 
and they l.?t loose their weapons of war upon them, and 
set th.eii '1e=,Uo\inj[:- engine to work, and sracte the men 
of Eritdin, liip and thij;'b, with <,a'eat -slaughter. 

21 And the deep ditch that surrounded the fort was 
strewed with their slain and their wounded. 

22 .So the host of Britain were dismayed and over^ 
thrown, and fied in confusion from tiie fort into the for- 
e>t .; ironi v/nence, in the dead'oftiie ni'^ht, they wefit in- 
to their vessels, and depar.e I fn m tlie place. 

'23 Now the loss of the rnen of Britinn was about an 
hundred two score and ton ; and of the men of Columbia 
there was one slain r.tid seven wounded. 

24 But when Proctor had rested his army he sent a 
skilful physician to heal the maimed which he had fled 
from and left behind. 

2.') But Harisoii, the chief captain, said unto him. Al- 
read}^ have my physicians bound up their wounds, and 
given thi'm bread and wine, and comforted them ; 
after the manner of our country. 

26 For we suffer not the captives that fall into oirr 
hands to be buffeted or maltreated ; neither want they 

or any thing. 

27 So the j)hysician of the king's army was permitted 
to return to his own camp. 

28 Moreover, great honor and praise were bestowed 
upon the brave Croghan, the captain of the fort, for his 
valiant deeds ; and his name was spoken of with joy 
throuirhout the land of Columbia. 



READER, m^ 



CHAP. XXX, 



Brtitsli schooiior Dominica, of 14 Guns, capturedh^ 
the privateer Dtcafiir, of 7 gum — U. S. brig Argus 
captured hij the Pelican — capture of the Boxer bj/, 
the U. S. brig JLntcrprize. 



OW the war continued to rage without abatement 
upon the waters of the great deep j 

2 And manifold were the evils that came upon the 
children of men by the means thereof. 

3 Moreover, the great Sanhedrim of the people 
were forced to bestir themselves j and they had con- 
tinued their councils day after day without ceasing. 

4 And it came to pass, that there was a dreadful 
battle fought between a vessel of the king; and a private 
vessel of Columbia. 

5 And the name of the vessel that fought was De- 
tour, and the captain's name was Diron, a GauL 

6 And it was so, that about the fourth day of the 
eighth month, the Decatur having sailed out of the ha- 
ven of Charleston, being in the state of South Carolina^ 
fell in with one of the lighting vessels of the king, called 
tlie Dominica. 

7 But the destroying engines of the king's vessel 
*i^erc two fold greater in numbers than those of th^ 
Decatur, 

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8 Nevertheless, the}^ set them to work, so that the j 
g'roaned beneath the fire and smoke ; 

9 And in about the space of an hour the Dominicaf 
was conquered and taken captive. 

10 For when the vessels came close together, the 
men.smote one another with their swords and weapons 
of war ; yea, even the balls of iron they cast at each 
oilier, with their hands, and slew one another with 
wonderful slaught'er. 

11 Inasmuch as there were slain and maimed of the 
king three gcore souls j those of the Decatur were 
about a score : moreover the captain of the Dominica 
■v^as slain, 

12 The fight was an unequal one ; and the bravery 
of Diron gained him a great name, for he overcame the 
enemies of freedom ; although their force was greater 
dian his. 

13 After fhis, on the fourteenth day of the same 
monthj there v/as another sore battle between a small' 
vessel of the United States, called the Argus and the 
Pelican, a ship of the king. 

14 Now the Pelican was Somewhat stronger than the 
Argus, and they were stubborn and kept the destroying 
engines to work, \tith great noise about forty and five 
minutesy 

15 And the brave captnin of the Argus, whose name 
was Allen, was wounded unto death, and the vessel of 
Columbia whs captured by the ship of Britain, the name 
of the commander whereof was Maples. 

16 Of the men of Columbia six were slain and 
seventeen wounded ; of the men of Britain the shii: 
and wounded were five. 



READER. j^ 

IT Now the death of Allen was spokefn of with sor- 
^row througheut the land of Columbia, for he had de- 
fended the vessel of the United States nobly ', and caj^- 
.tured some merchant ships of Britain. 

1 8 Even the enemy regai'ded him for his bravery^ 
for they buried him with honour in their own country, 
not far from the place where he became captive, whicli 
was in the waters of the king, even in St. George's 
Channel. 

19 But it came- to pass, ontlie fifth day of the next 
month, in the same year, 

20 That a certain small vessel of Columbia, carrying 
the engines of destruction, commanded by a gallant 
man, whose name was Burrows, fell in with an- 
other small vessel of the king, called the Boxer and 
^he.captain thereof was a brave man, and his name was 
piythe. 

2 1 In the language . of the people of the land, the 
vessel of Columbia was called the Enterprize. 

22 Now when the vessels drew laigh unto each other 
the men shouted with loud shouting. 

23 And imincdiately they let the mischievous engines 
loose upon one another, with a noise like unto thunder. 

24 But It hapj)ened, that in about the space of forty 
minutes, the Boxer was overcome j but she was takea 
somewhat unawares : 

25 For, lo ! the pride of the men of Britain had made 
them foolish : and, thinking of the conquest, they nailed 
Britannia's red-cross to the mast of the vessel. 

26 VVhf reupon, after they were overcome, they crie^ 
^jiloud for mercy, saying, 



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27 Behold ! our colors are fast ; and we cannot 
-quickly unloose them ; nevertheless, ws will be prisonei« 
unto you, therefore spare us. 

28 So the brave mariners of Columbia spared them, 
and stopped the destroying engines ; for their hearts 
were inclined to mercy. 

29 However, this was another bloody fight ; for 
there fell of the men of Britain forty that were slain out- 
right, and seventeen were wounded. 

30 And the loss of Columbia in slain and maimed 
was about fourteen. 

31 And the commanders of both vessels were slain j 
and they buried them with honor in the town of Port- 
land, which leaveth Boston to the west ; for the battle 
was fought hard by. 

32 Moreover, the great Sanhedrim was pleased with 
ihe thing, and gave unto the nearest kinsman of Burrow<s 
a medal of gold, in token of remembrance thereof.* 



♦ Mathew L. Davis, of New-York, a printer, 
a patriot, and a philanthropist, on a tour in the eastern. 
States, passing through Portland and the burial place 
of Burrows (which vjas without a memorial,}being 
pointed out to him, generously delayed his journey 
until, at his oicn expense, he had caused a monument 
to he erected over the grave of the valiant ; which 
hears the following inscription, equally creditable t@ 
the modest merit of Mr. Davis^ — to hi^s head, and to 
Me heart : 



rilEADER. 199 



CHAP. XXXI. 



The cajjiure of the British Fleet on Lake Erie, hy the 
American Fleet, under Com. Perry. 



.J_ HE Lordjin the plenitude of his wisdom and pow~ 
■er, ordaineth all things which come to pass : and the 
doings are for the benefit of man, and for the glory of 
God. 

2 For where is the evil .wh ich hat!) not turned to an ad- 
vantage, and heen a warning, and swoiiovred up the evSI 
that might have come ? 

BENEATH THIS STONE 

Moulders 

THE BODY OF 

WILLIAM BURRO JV S, 

Late Commander of tlie 

UNITED STATES' BRIG EXTERPRIZE, 

.Who was mortally wounded oHther)thof SeptCin-bei.; 
1813, in an action, which contributed to increase 
the fame of American valour, by capturing his 
BfllT. MAJESTY'S BRIG BOXiTt, 
after a severe contest of 45 minutes. 
A passing stranger has erected this monuiTieut of respect 
to the manes of a patriot, who in the hour of peril, 
obeyed the loud summons of au inj ired country, arM 
jtf^ho gallantly met, fought and conquered the foea^^no 

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HO HISTORICAL 

3 Now about this time the strong vessels of Coiumbli. 
that moved upon the face of the blue waters of the great 
^ake Erie;, were given in charge to Oliver, whose sir- 
name was Perry. 

4 And he was a ptudt?nt man, and had prepared him- 
self to meet the vessels of the king, even forty days before^ 
hand. 

5 And the mime, of of the captain of the fleet of Bri- 
tain was Barclay, a man of great valor ; but he boasted 
and was vain of his fleet, for it was more powerful 
than the fleet of Columbia. 

6 Nevertheless, it came to pass, in the one thousand 
eight hundred and tliirteenth year, on the tenth day of | 
the ninth month, early in the morning, about the rising 
of the sun, 

7 The valiant Perry beheld the fleet of the king at a 
distance upon the lake ; so he unmoored his vessels 
xind went out to meet them in battle array, fleet against 

fleet. 

8 And when their white sails were a^Dread upon the 
bosom of the lake, they appeared hke unto a«quadron of 
passing clouds. 

9 A gentle breeze wafted the hostile vessels towards 
«ne another. 

10 It was silence upon the waters; save when the 
sound of musical instruments fell sweetly upon the 
ear. 

11 But it happened, a litde befoi'e the mid day, that 
■ the shouts of the men of war of Britain were heard, and 

Jthe shouts of the men oi" Columbia. 

12 And now the destroying engines began to utter 



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flEADEil. m 

tatlr thtmders vomiting forth fire and smoke and brim- 
jstone in abundance. 

13 And suddenly the waters were in an uproar ; and 
the bellowing noises sounded along the lake. 

il4 Mjreover, the cJiief force of the ships of the king 
was put atrainst the vessel in which Perry was ; 

15 And the vessel was called the L.nvrence, after a 
brave man, whose dying words waved upon her aloft : 

16 Now, behold, a thousand balls of iron skim the 
surface of the waters, swift as shooting stars. 

17 But when the battle waxed hot, and Perry saw 
that the tackling of his vessel was shot away, and hismea 
were slain and wounded with great slaughter, and his des- 
troying engines became silent, 

IS He put the charge of the vessel into the hands of 
one of his ofiicers, whose name was Yarnell, a trusty man p 

19 Then, with the starry banner of Columbia in his 
hand, did the gallant Perry leap into his cock-boat, while 
his brave mariners quickly conveyed him to another 
fighting vessel of the United States called the Niagara, 
commanded by a valiant man, whose name was Elliot. 

20 After this again the vessels uttered their thunders 
-and fought hard, and the men of Columbia poured out 
destruction upon the servants of the king. 

21 And it came to pass, that the skilful contrivance of 
Perry, and the bravery of his men, at length forced the 
whole fleet of the king to become captive -s—even unto the 
cock-boats of Columbia. 

22 Thus again was the mighty lion humbled before 
the eagle : for six strong vessels of Britain were oyerconse 

;jat one ume= 



J12 HISTORICAL 

23 And the slain and wounded of the king that day, 
was about an hundred thirty and five ; beside there wevf 
a thousand prisoners. 

24 The loss of the United States was twenty and se- 
ven that were killed, and four score and ten were wound- 
>€d. 

25 Moreover, the number ©f the men of Britain made 
captive was more than all the men of Perry's squadron. 

26 Now Perry was a righteous man, and like the good 
Samaritan, took care of the halt and maimed, and put 
skilful men to bind up their wounds 5 and the men of 

.Britain blessed him. 

27 Neither Avas he a man puffed up with vanity, even 
in the hour of victory ; 

28 For when he had conquered the fleet of Britain, 
he wrote to Jones,* one of the scribes of the great San- 
hedrim, with modesty, saying, 

29 To day it hath pleased the Lord that the people of 
Columbia should triumph over their enemies. 

30 At the same time he wrote to -Harrison, the chief 
captain of the host of Columbia, whose army was at the 
bay of Sandusky, saying, We have met the enemy, and 
they are ours ! 

3 1 1 he» did the enemies cf Columbia weep ; and the 
gainsayer put on deep mourning. 

32 Moreover, the great Sanhedrim honored Perry with 
great honor ; and gave him medals, with devices curious- 

' ly wrought. 

33 Likewise, the people gave him much silver plate, 
with gravings thereon, mentioning his deeds. 

34 And the bye -stander might read his triumph m hk 
country's eves. 



READER. 113 

35 IIissoTis shall hear him spoken of with pleasure, 
and hi^ name shall be mentioned in the song of the virgins. 

36 Where, oh ! Bratain, are now thy mighty admi- 
rals ? where thy Nelson r wiiere the transcendant glory 
they gained for thee ? 

37 Alas ! it hath expired upon the waters of Erie be* 
fore the destroying engines of Perry ! 

* JF. J<snp^. Secretoj-iJ of the Nav//. 



«14 HiSTORICAt. 



til A?. XXXII. 

Capture of Maiden and Detroit — the army of Gen, 
Proctor retreat toicardstlie Moravian touiu- — Gen. 
Harrison pursues them* 



H 



OW when Perry had taken care of the captive^ 
and the wounded, and set them upon the shore, 

2 He began to convey the army of Harrison from 
Fort Meigs and round about. 

3 And having gathered them together into his ves.selSj 
be brought them, and landed them nigh unto the strong 
Jaold of Maiden. 

4 And it came to pass, on the twenty-third day of 
the same month, in which Perry conquered the fleet of 
Britain, 

5 That Harrison, the chief captain, began to march 
4he host of Columbia against the strong hold of Maiden., 

and captured a town called Amherstburg, nigh there- 
lunto. 

6 Now Proctor was the cliief captain of the savageg 
and servants of the king. 

7 And when he saw the men of Columbia approach, 
he destroyed the fort, the tents, and the store-houses 
©f the king, and, with ms whole host, fled swiftfy 

4owards fSandwich. 



READER. 115' 

3 And Harrison, and the host of Cokimbia, followed- 
hard after him. 

9 Now when the savages of the wilderness beheld- 
the men of Britain flee before the warriors of Columbia, 
their spirits sunk, and they were sore amazed.* 

10 Moreover, they upbraided the servants of the king, 
saying, Lo ! ye have deceived us, and led us from our 
hunting grounds, and we are an hungered. 

11 For, verily, ye promised us bread and wine,t and 
silver and gold ; yea, even that we should drink of the 
strong waters of Jamaica, if we would go out with you 
and fight the battles of the king, against the men of 
Columbia. 

12 But, behold ! now ye would run away and leave 
us to fight alone. 

13 Whereupon many of their tribes cast away their 
tomahawks, and refused to fight under the banners of 
the king, 

14 x\nd when Harrison came to Sandwich, Proctor 
and his army had departed from the place, and fled to- 
wards the river Thames, near Moravian Tov/n. 

15 (Now the Thames emptieth its waters into the 
lake St. Clair, and the ^^oravian Towns lie upon the 
river, about an hundred miles from Maiden, towards the 
north, in the province of Upper Canada.) 

16 Moreover, as they journie J on, tlie brave M'Ar- 
thur crossed over with his band to the stro.ig hold of 
Detroit, and took it. 

* Sec Teciimseh^s letter to Proctor, 

t At this Hme the British army were short of supplies^ 



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HISTORICAL 



17 But the savages and tlie men of Britain KcTcI d^ 
stroyed those tilings wiiich tliey could not carry away ^ 
and fled in haste. 

18 So M'Arthur, in wliom the chief captain put 
much faith, remained at Detroit in the ciiarge thereof. 

19 And it came to pass, when iJarrlson saw that the 
host of !>ritain tied hcf re liim. iie departed from Sand- 
wich and went after them j it being on the second day 
of the next month. 

20 And hi,; whole army followed afier hiniy in all a- 
bout tliree thousand brave men from t!ie back-woods o^^ 
die state of Kentucky and th.e pieasaut villages of^ 
Ohio. 

21 Now ITfirs'lson was a n")ighty m^n of valor, and no'^ 
man coidd make him afiaid ; ainl the cajitains and ofii-- 
cers that v.ei-o witis hiiifl wire ail valiant mtm. 

22 A')<-, <vh; a s(^rie c 
tliere is a ;• ; 
and refresh, tl; 

23 Ileal-:- 
and not, v,h 
zen (^lound ? 

24 Noj their fote shall be my fate ; and their glory 
sliall he my c!' ry. 

25 So 'le wntpped iilmself in his cloak, and lay down 
in Ids o:\ ^ u^nt. 

26 Avi{\ ti'p husbau'^men of Kentucky were led on 
by their valiant governor, -whose name was Shelby 
and hev/asaraan well stricken in years ; even at the 
age of threescore did he go out against the enemies of Ge 
lumbia; and all the people rejoiced in^ ]}im. 



ra plains said unto him, Lo ! 
(!;'.y : p;o ^liO'i and partake thereofjv 
ipi' u'f w'll \v:;tch ; 
an : Sc id ui'o them, Nay, shall I gc 
!:L-t the v.aniGis of Columbia lie on the fro-'J 



ilEADEIL 117 

:7 And ihe gdlant Perry staid not behind ; but freely 
•red his strei]gth. and was one oftlie ri'^ht hand men 
Iarrl;?on, v, Itli whom lie followed after the liost of 
nun, 

'S Nov^^rth'-ios^;, it h'r->pened that a band of the sa- 

• . • ' t viV" !;lilidnr2 to tiie army of Columbia; 

~ : • ■;>.'. I ot Columbia let two of the destroying- 

' >M them^ and they fied into the wilder- 



la HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XXXIiL 



Battle of the Thames — Gen. Harrison captures the 
British army under Gen Proctor — illuminations on 
accmmt of it—news of it received in England. 



A] 



-ND it cam^ to pas'S; on the fifth day of the same 
month, that Proctor, with the savages and the army of 
the king, rested upon advantageous ground, on the 
b£tnks of the river Thames, 

2 Where he drew his army up in the order of battle, 
after the fashion of these days, and prepared iiim.self to 
meet the host of Cohambia. 

3 Now the army of Proctor was mighty ; for he had 
a thousand horsemen : but the number of the savages 
that followed after him are not known to this time ; how- 
beit, they were many. 

4 And they were under the charge of a chief warrior^ 
whom they called Tecumseh, a savage whom the king 
had made a chief captain.* 

5 And it came to pass, on the same day, in the latter 
pai t of the day, that the army of Harrison drew nigh 
i]m.o the place. 



Brig, General, 



READER. 119 

G And he called together his captains of fifties, and 
his squadrons, and encouraged them, and commanded 
them to prepare themselves for the fight. 

7 And he put the host of Columbia in battle array 
against the host of Britain, army against armj\ 

8 Now the sound of the trumpet, the cymbal^ the 
bugle-horn, and the noisy drum, echoed through the 
deep wilderness. 

9 And the red savages appeared in the fitid before 
the men of Britain, for they had put them as a shield,; 
in the front of the battle. 

10 And they yelled with dreadful yellings, and sound- 
ed aloud the war-whoop, which was the signal of death. 

11 But the army of Columbia rushed upon them 
with the fierceness of lions. 

12 And the v>-eapons of war were used without mer- 
cy ; the foxes and the beavers crept into their holes, for 
the destroying engines friar.tened the wild beasts, so 
that they looked for their hiding places. 

13 The lialliit Joh:is:)n'' fell upon them with a 
band of chosen licrbinien, and he drove them before 
him like chaff before the wind, and smote their chief 
waiTior,t and slew him with his own hand, so that he 
fell to the earth. 

14 And the host of Columbia assailed the men of 
Britain on all sides, and overcame them, and made thena 
prisoners of war 5 whereupon the engines ceased to utter 
their thunders. 



* Col Johnson^ of the KentucJci/ light-horse. 
t Tecumseh ; who was at that moiR€)it in the ctct of 
chaotinsr the coIoneL 



15 Howbeit^ Proctor escaped, on a swift n;i;i h;w 
horse, with a handful of Lis caplaius that wore i:: .'^ 
liim. 

16 Now the number of prisoners captiireil by i!ie ^r 
my of Harrison that day were about six liundn d. 

17 And the slain and wounded of the men of Dr'J; ! : 
were thirty and tliree; and the £anie number of sav... ■ ^ 

"were slain. 

18 Of the army of Cohinibia seven were slain uivl 
two score and two were wounded. 

19 But the men of Kentucky and Ohio, whose sons 
and brotliers and fathers had been inhumanly .^hiughier- 
ed at the River Raisin, slew not a single captive. 

20 But they treated them as mex ; thus residoring 
GOOD FOR EVIL, accordmg to the word of tlie Lord. 

21 Moreover, they captured six of tht destKning en- 
gines liat were made of brass, and two that were made 
of iron 5 besides, many wean/rs of war. 

22 r w three of the bra v^ e. cints were those given 
to the men of Britain, i.t th" c i. ti'io of Detroit, the first 
year of the war, and wer'; the satr.e that had been taken 
from the king in tiie days of 'vV;.stiiNGT0N. 

23 ^oon after the battle, Hrrison returned with his 
army to Detroit, where many of the savages had assem* 
bled, to reptnt of their evils, tmd ask for mercy from the 
chief captain. 

24 So Jiarrison made a covenant with them, and 
they were thankful, and gave .him hostages. 

23 Now there were great rejoicings in the land 01 
Columbia, and the hearts of the people wer^ exceedinp 
-glad, 



READER. 121 

26 So that when the news thereof reached them 
fhey drank wine ; and when tlie evening came they 
lighted their candles, and put thein in candlesticks of 
silver and candlesticks of gold, apd placed them in the 
windows of their honses. 

27 And there were many thousands of them ; and the 
iight thereof was as though the stars had fallen from 
heaven. 

28 This did they throughout the land of Columbia, 
from the district of Maine, in the east, to the state of 
Georgia,'in the south. 

29 And, when the Prince Recent, and th'^ chief 
counsellors, and the wise men of Britain, heard the ti- 
dings, for a truth, that their ileet and their army were 
captured, they were astonished beyoiid measure. 

30 They looked at one another like men who had 
lost their wits : they were silent, and their tongues 
clave to the roof of their mouths. 

31 Their knees smote one against another, for the 
strength of Britain was shaken 5 her valiant warriors 
had lost their honour ;* aud her glory was outshone. 

32 Now there was great honour and praise bestowed 
upon Harrison for his courage, and his valiant Jtcts ; and 
the people remembered his name with pleasure. 

33 Moreover, he gave great praise to rlielby, the 
governor, and Perry, and Johnson, and all the brave 
men that were with him. 



* Douhly Inst it : hy iiKiter and hyland; hy being 
conquered, and by being cruel. 



122 HISTORICAL 

34 And in the same moath, when the object of the 
army was fulfilled, the husbandmen of Columbia return- 
ed every man to his own house. 

35 But Harrison and Perry, and the band of waT- 
riors of the great Sanhedrim, went into their vessels. 

36 And they moved from Detroit, and came in the 
^hips of Perry J to Buffaloe, nigh unto the river Niaga- 
ra, to meet Wilkinson, who came from the south; 
and was appointed chief captain cf the army of the 
centre. 



^SEADIJR. . 12S? 



CHAP. XXXIV. 

War with t'^e Creek Nation of Indians — massacre at 
Fort Minims— >: '>^ and Teimesse^-mUltiam under 

General Jackeon reiaiiate. 



m 



OW it came to pass, while these things were going 
on in the north, and the repentant savages laid their 
Biurderous weapons -at the feet of iiarrison, 

2 That the servants of the king were stirring up the 
spint of Satan in the savages of the wilderness of the 
south ; 

3 And placing the destroying engines into their hands 
that they might shed the blood of the people of Colum- 
bia. 

4 Now these southern barbarians were called the 
Creek nation of Indians. 

5 Moreover, they were a nation of sava8:es that 
dwelt in the back-woods and the wilderness round about 
the states of Georgia, Tennessee, and the Mississippi 
Territory. 

.1 6 So, about this time, they took their weapons of 

death in their hands, and went against the strong hold 

.-ofFort Minims, which lieth on a branch of the rivey 



124 HISTORICAL 

Mobile, that emptieth its waters into the great Gulf 
of Mexico. 

7 And they captured the place ; and with the fury of 
demons they murdered, with the tomahawk, the men,j 
the wonipn, and the infants that were in and about the 
fort, sparing neither age nor sex; and slaying the prison- 
ers that begged for mercy. 

8 And the number of the people of Columbia that 
were massacred and burnt alive in their houses, that day, 
was about four hundred ; however, there were an hun- 
dred savages slain. 

9 For it was a sore fight ; and Beasly, who command- 
ed the fort, fought hard against them ; howbeit, he was 
slain. 

10 But it came to pass, in the same year, that the 
people of Columbia were revenged of the evil ; 

1 1 Andrew, whose sir-name was Jackson, a man of 
courage and valor, was chief captain in the south ; 

12 And he sent out one of his brave captains, 
whose name was Coffee, with a stiong band ; even nine 
hundred mighty horsemen : 

13 Now these were the valiant husbandmen of Geor- 
gia and the back-woods of Tennessee; their horses were 
fleet as th€ roe-buck ; their weapons of war were certain 
death. 

14 So they went forth against a town of t!ie- savages 
called Tallushatches, on the second day of the eleventh 
month. 

15 And on the next day they encompassed the town 
round about 5 and the savages prepared themselves foy. 
battle. . 



HEADER. I?f^ 

• f6 About tiie rising of the stm they sounded their 
drums, and began their horrible yelUngs. 

17 But they frightened not tlic hearts of the brave 
men of Tennessee. 

18 So when Coffee had stationed his captains and hi- 
men of war about the town, in the order of battle, the 

^.whole army shouted aloud ; 

19 And the instruments of destruction were let loose 
lipon them on all sides ^ and they fouglu with uU their 
:.inight. 

20 But the men of Columbia rushed upon them, and 
subdued them, and made about four score women and 

children captive. 

21 And slew about two hundred of their warriors: 
^leaving not a man to tell the tidings. 

22 I'or, lo ! when the savages of the wilderness com^ 
.njit great evils and transgressions against the people of 
-Columbia, 

23 The great Sanhedrim of the people send out migh- 
ty armies against them, that are able to overthrow them., 
and make their towns a desolation, and lay waste their 

habitations. 

24 Now the loss of the army of Columbia that day, 
■was five slain and about forty wounded. 

25 And Jackson, the chief captain, gave great praise 
to Coffee, and Jill the valiant men that fopglit that day, 

26 On tiie next day after the battle, the army of Co-^ 
?*iumbia returned to tlieir cam]), at a place called the TV.-ii- 
islands. 



526 HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XXXV. 



Continuation of the War ivitli the Creeks^ — Gen. Jachr 
son^^ great victory over them-^thcy sue for peace— 
a treaty i$ concluded mth thenh 



N< 



OTWITHSTANDING their discomfiture, the 
nation of the Creeks were still bent on warring against 
the people of Columbia. 

2 And they committed many outrages upon the in- 
habitants of the states round about. 

3 But it cam.e to pass^ on the seventh dny of the j 
same month, that a messenger came to Jackson, the 
chief captain, and spake unto him, r ai^i'-g : 

4 Lo ! even now, more than a thousand savages 
have pitched their tents at Tallednga, near the strong 
hold of Lashley, with intent to assail it. 

5 Immediately Jackson took two thousand hardy 
men, who were called volunteers, because they had, uu?" 
soUcited, offered their services to their country, and led 
them ac!:ainst the savages. 

6 Now tlie men of war that followed after him were, 
mostly from the state of Tennessee, and men of daunt- 
less courage. 

7 So, early in the morning of the next day, the arm5' 
ff Jackson drew nigh the place, in battle array. 



READER. ^ 127 

8 And the savages came out towards the army of Co- 
lumbia, with shouting and yellings : and again the en- 
gines of destruction were used plentifully. 

9 And the leaden balls whizzed about their cars 
like unto a nest of hornets. 

10 But the hbrsemen, and the wliole army of Jack- 
son^ rushed upon the savages, and slew lliem with great 
slaughter, and overcame them. 

11 And the number of savages slain that day was a- 
bout three hundred ; and a red- cross banner of the 
Spanish nation was found amongst them, and taken. 

12 Seventeen of the men of Columbia were slain and 
about four score wounded. 

13 So, when the battle was over, Jackson returned to 
his own camp. 

14 After these things had come to pass, on the twelfth 
day of the month, a certain captain, whose sir-name 
vras White, was sent against another place called tlie 
Hillabee-Towns. 

15 And, on the eighteenth day of the same month, he 
took the towns, and destroyed them, and slew three 
score of the savages, and made about two hundred tw«^ 
score and ten prisoners. 

IG About eleven days afterwards, a vahant captain, 
whose name was Floyd, with his brave men, went a- 
gainst the towns of Autossee and Tallisce, which lie on 
the banks of the river Tallapoosle. 
^ 17 And Floyd went against them with boldness and 
triumphed over them and killed about two hundred of 
rhem, and burned their towns with fire, and slew the 
Icing of Autossee, and the king of Tallisee, who were tlYf 
Rings of two tribe?. 



123 lilSTORICAL 

1 o Moi eover, on the tbirtcenth day of the next monlh\,^ 

( iaibonio, n * <^vrvnor. and a man of valor, went against i 
the sava, . It on the river AL'ibama. 

19 And he ii.7ur]i':i\ v: ithlsis army throuirh the wik' 
ness more than u:^ hundrr!! miles, to a town huilt opc\ 
nlace c<J'':vJ by the savages the -Koly-Ground, vvL; 
fiii'e of the Indian prophets dwelt. J 

;Jv' Nou- there vrrrelyinp; prophets among thesavr;,e''s,;l 
evi •■ ,:^ >:»':■' '\r,-c' in tlio days of old, among thee;.!' :■ 
of Isiatl; and they prophesied according to their o-vVi„ 

' ; A : : ijcse of shallowunderstanding believed thrm^ 
and w t:re led into a snare, whereby their whole tri' ; 
\Vas niirli being destroyed. 

■: Aiii 1 Welliarlord, the chief warrior of the Crc- 
naiion, was there also with his band. 

23 And he fought hard against Claioorne ; but iv 
^^■;:s o\ ordirowDvOnd fled, and the town was biiriiu • 
V en rwo hundred houses. 

::4 r\ot withstanding all these tribulations, the »;. > 
ilations of the savages of the sonth were not stayed. 

1:5 So Jackson, the chief captain, went out ncni;'' 
ih'^-m with h\s -w^'-r, and attacked them at their;!;-! , 
Ir ' .l^'e T-d'apoosie, where they u^^-: 

enii^i. , . ...■ rh.i;: -■. d":.i:-and warriors. 

26 !'■ ■;:■; on tiie t^^ ' .■, y and seventh da^- > ; 

tks third m. e one thousand eight hundre i : 

fom'tee!iih y; .. w. u^e christian era. 
- 27 And Jackson set his destroy-no; ejigines towti!^. 
ard f^Mght desperately against '' • -.'r.;^ i..-^--- 



READER. 12f 

•fnve hours; when he overcame them, so that only 
about a score escaped. 

28 Seven hundred and fifty of the savage warriors 
were found slain in battle ; and two hundred two score 
and ten women and children became captives to the 
army of Columbia. 

29 Manahoee, their chief prophet, was smitten in 
the mouth, and slain, and two other false prophets 
were slain with him. 

30 iVit)ieover, about tlie first day of the sixth month, 
a brave man, v. hose name was Pearson, with the hus- 
bandmen of tiie states of North and South Carolina, 
w^^nt against them along the borders of the Alabama, and 
c:-iptured about six hundred of them. 

31 Thus did the men of Columbia triumph over 
tiirm, and conquer them, even to tlie seventh time. 

32 And so the judgment of the Lord fell upon them 
for their unrighteousness, and for their wicked and mur- 
derous deeds. 

33 After v/nich tliey repented of tlieir evil, having, 
througii their own foliy, lost many thousand warriors. 

3-i And their chief warriors gave up their instru- 
ments of destruction, and laid them at the feet of 
Jackson, the chief captain. 

33 Even Wetherford, the chief warrior, gave him- 
self up to Jackson, sa3'ing, I fought with my might ; but 
I have brought evil upon my nation ; and thou hast 
sLiin my warriors ; and I myself am overcome. 

Sf) Now the savages are easily inflamed and roused to 

>vMks of sin ai\d death ; and of tlieir weakness tlie ser- 

's cf the king are not ashamed to take advaa- 



im ms'ToRicAL 

lage ; even to the ruin of the poor and ignorant ba;^- 
fcarians. 

37 So the warriors and the whole nation of the 
Creeks, being tired of a destructive war, entreated the 
Men of Columbia for peace, saying unto Jackson, 

38 Lo ! now are our eyes opened to our own profit ; 
Aow will we make peace with you. 

39 And if ye will no more suffer the fire, and the 
sword, and the destroying engines to spread desolation 
amongst us, 

40 Then will we make a covenant with you, and give 
you for an inheritance a great part of the land which 
our fathers inherited before us. 

41 And the length and the breadth thereof shall be 
about as large as the whole island of Britain, whose 
men of war have led us into this snare. 

42 For although the king, who calleth himself our fa- 
ther, across the great waters, did put the instruments ot 
death into our hands, and giv^e us the black dust in abun- 
dance ; nevertheles'?, he deceived us ; and in the hour oi 
danger his servants left us to take care of ourselves. 

43 So Jackson made a covenant with them ; and h 
was signed by the chiefs of their nation. 

44 And after it had been examined by the wise men 
and the great Sanhedrim of the people, it was ratified 
and signed with the hand-writing of James, the chiet 
2©yerRor of the land of Columbia, 



EEADEB 



CHAP. XXXV 1. 

Flan of attack on Montreal defeatsd. 



3- nC frailty ofrnaji 5:.e:;'.p;]i vcflumes ; one man ac- 
cuseth another ; bat v i : v u htj\vlto ia pcrlt'tt'? 

2 Man deviseth migluy ^^Idus hi lib ovta mincl,-btit 
he accompli^ihplh them tiot, 

3 He is »vise in his own conceit, bi?t his wisdom 
f.iilethhim : he seeth folly in otheis, hut pp rciveth not 
his own ; he is as a reed shaken with the vvirid. 

4 Now the country of Columbia was assaiit\l on every 
side by the enemies of freedom. 

5 And in the hope that the war midit speedily cease^ 
and an end be made of the sliedding of blood, the yieat 
Sanhedrim of the people wished to push their armies 
into the heart of the provinces of the king, even to 

Montreal. 

6 So they pitched upon certain chief captains, who 
were well skilled in the arts of warfare : and Wilkinson 
and Hampton were the names of the captains ; 

7 And Brown, and Boyd, and Covington, and Swift, 
and Coles, and Purdy, ajid Kipley, and Swart wout, 
and Fraser, and many others, \yere valiant caj^tains un- 
der them. 

8 Not many days after Harrison returned from his 
fi'iumph oyer Proctor's army ; and in the same year^ 



132 HISTORICAL 

it came to pass, that Wilkinson conveyed his army hom 
Fort George and the country of Niagara, to Sackelt's 
Harbor, at the east end ©f lake Ontario; leaving Har- 
rison and M'Clure behind, at the strong hold of Fort 
George. 

9 From Sackett's Harbor Wilkinson moved to a 
place called Grenadier Island ; and in the first week of 
the eleventh month he arrived at Ogdensburgh, in order ^< 
to go against the strong hold of Montreal. • 

10 Now the array of Ham})ton rested nigh unto lake 
Champlainj and about the same time he moved towards 
the borders of the king. 

11 And Wilkinson sent a messenger to him, and en- 
treated him to come and meet him, and join the two ar- 
mies at the village of St. Regis. 

1 2 The same night Wilkinson with his army crossed 
the great river St. Lawrence, near by the strong hold 
©f . rescot, which lieth in the dominions of the king. 

13 And he moved down with about six thousand meat 
towards the hold of Montreal, until he came to a place 
called Crystler's Farms, nigh unto Williamsburgh. 

14 Now, at this place, on the eleventh day of the 
eleventh month, a strong land of the men of war of 
Britain, from Kingston and round about, fell upon his 
army in the rear, and annoyed them greatly. 

15 At length, on the same day, a part of the army 
of Columbia turnwl about, and fought against tiiem and 
drove them back ; however it was a sore fight. 

16 Wilkinson, th.e chief captain, who went befo^f^ 
the host of Columbia, had been sick many days, an^- 
WRS imab^e to ;:o forth ajiainst them himself. 



READER. 133 

17 So he. sent some of his brave captains, even 
Boyd, and Swartwout, and Covington; and the en- 
gines of destruction were set to work with great noise 
and fury; andthevahant Covington was wounded unto 
death. 

18 Moreover, the loss of the men of Cokimbia that 
day was an huudred sUiin, and two hundred two scor^ 
and ten wounded, and the loss of the king was about an 
hundred four score and one. 

19 After this battle the army of Wilkinson moved 
along the St. Lawrence until chey came to Barnheart':^ 

,near Cornwall, where they met the valiant Brown. 

20 Now this place lieth on the north side of the river, 
and on the other side lieth St. Kegis, where Wilkinson, 
the chief captain, expected to be joined by the army of 
Hampton, from Champlain. 

21 But in this he was disappointed : for, lo ! Hamp- 
ton sent one of his captains, whose name was Atkinson^ 
to Wilkinson, with the tidings that he had declined to 
meet him, and was returning to his camp on the lake. 

22 Now when the army of Wilkinson heard those 
things, they were discouraged; and all th . [.lans that 
had been devised by Armuron;^;,* the chiof cai.tain,, 
and scribe of the great Sanh*^drim, were of no avail. 

23 So the army of W^ilkinson crossed the rivor ngaia 
and came iuto the land of Cola<nbia, at French I'dills, 
near St. Regis; where they went into winier quar- 
ters. 



Gen. Armstro:^::^ S'cretar/j at JVar. 
M 2 



134 HISTORICAL 

24 And the men of Columbiaj even the great Sanht- 
dnm, were disappointed in their expectations. 

25 Moreover, Hampton received much blame in th<? 
thing ; and he was even taxed with the crime of drink- 
ing too freely of the strong waters. 

26 But the imaginary evils which the children of men 
commit are oftentimes graven in brass, whilst their actual 
good deeds are written in sand. 

27 Neither shall it be forgotten here, that, when the 
sliivering soldiers of Columbia were suffering with cold 
in the north, 

28 The lovely and patriotic daughters of Columbia, 
blest with tenderness, remembered them, and sent them 
coverings for their hands and their feet : 

29 Even from the fleece of their fathers' flocks, they 
wrougiit them with their own hands, and distributed 
them with a good heart. 

30 And, for their kindness and humanity, the poor 
soldier blessed them, and tht^ir virtues were extolled by 

^he me» of Columbia tliroughout the land. 



EEADER* 1^5 



(SHAP. XXXVK. 



Newar% burnt — Fort George evacuated — Niagaru? 
frontier laid waste — Buffaloe burvf. 



XN the meantime, however, the strong vessels of 
Chaimcey went out and brought Harrison, and the 
remnant of his arm}^, from Fort George to Sackett^s 
Harbor, to protect the place. 

2 But they left M'Ciure behind, with the men mid<H 
him 5 being for the most part husbandmen, called militia, 
and volunteers. 

3 And they were eager to be led on to the battle.; 
but the term for which their services were engaged iiav- 
ing expired, they returned every man to his own house. 

4 So M'CIure, the chief captain of the fort, called a 
council of his officers, and they agreed to depart to the 
strong hold of Niagara. 

5 And they took their destroying engines and the 
black dust, and the bread and meat of the army, and 
carried them across the river. 

6 Likewise thfy put a hghted match to the black 
dust in the fort, and it was rent asunder with a greai 
aoise, as it were of thunder and wn earthquake; 



136 HISTORICAL 

T Moreover, they burnt the town of Newark, before 
they departed, which happened on the tenth day of the 
twelfth month. 

8 Howbeit, they gave the inhabitants time to save 
themselves, before they put the burning torch to their 
dwellings ; nevertheless, it was an evil thing, and pleased 
not the people of Columbia. 

9 'I he men of Columbia were not cruel, and they 
put none of the inhabitants of the town to the sword. 

10 After this, it came to pass, on the nineteenth 
day of the same month, early in the morning, before the 
dawning of the day, about fifteen hundred of the savages ' 
and soldiers of the king crossed the river, and went a- 
gainst Niagara. 

1 1 And they fell unawares upon the men of Columbia^ . 
while they were yet asleep in their tents ; and overcame, 
them, and took the fort, and put the garrison to the 
sword ; even the women and children suffered under the 
savage tomahawk. 

12 Now the people of Columbia, who were massacred 
that day, were about two hundied two score and ten. 

13 But the captain of the hold, wliose name was 
Leonard, was charged with tlie evil ; for be had left 
the fort, and negl*Tted that duty which should ever be 
the pride of a soldier. 

14 Nevertheless, when they had committed all tliis 
horrid slaughter, the bai'barians were not fidiy glutted, 
with murder ; 

15 ?o they went a":ainst the litllo villrf^es of Lewis- 
town, Manchester, Youn.9:>;town, and rcs-nvora, and 
burnt them with fire, a id slew the poor and helpless 
that dwelt round about the place; 



READER 1S7 

lb After which, at the close of the year, they went 
against the beautiful village of Euffaloe, and burnt it 
aiso 3 aiicl made it a y\m and a desuktion. 



M HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XXXVIIi 



i 



Cruise of the U. S, frigate Essex, D. Porter cam- 
mander — her defence and capture^ at Valparaiso^ 



N. 



I 



OW whilst the great lakes and rivers were bound 
in fetters of ice, and the arms of Columbia slumbered in 
the winter camps of the north ; 

2 And whilst the conquering sword of Jackson j 
spread ruin and desolation among the misguided savages 
©f the south 5 

3 Lo ! new scenes of warfare appeared upon the wa- 
ters of the great deep. 

4 Tn the first year of the war David, whose sir- 
aame was Porter, sailed from the shores of Columbia 
towards the soutli, that he might capture the vessels of 
the men of Bniain. 

5 And the ship which he commanded was one of 
the strong vessels of Columbia, called the Essex. 

6 Now David was a \aliant man, and he had con- 
trived a plan to annoy the commerce of Britain in the 
waters of the gr:€at Pacific Oce.m. 

7 So, in process of time, he passed around the fur- 
thermost part of the land of Columbia, which is called 
Cape Horn, and lieth far to the south ; near the country 
of Pataironia, which is inhabited b;: the barbarians, auc! 
sfije ! tcvards the haven of Valparaiso.- 



KEADER. 1^9 

8 From whence, leaving Chili t© the sonth, he mov- 
ed along llie coast of Peru, till he came to Lima, where 
it never rains : 

9 A country where gold and silver are found in 
abundance, and where there is one continual summer, 
and the trees blossom throughout the year. 

10 Again, he prepared his vessels, and sailed from 
Lima towards the north, until he fell upon the islands of 
iGallapagos ; called the enchanted islands. 

11 Now these islands lie upon the west side of the 
great continent of Columbia, under a meridian sun, be- 
fleath the girdle of the world. 

12 Hereabouts he captured a multitude of the mer- 
chant ships of Britain, laden with rich merchandize, and 
silver and gold. 

13 And he fixed a score of the destroying engines 
into one of the shins he had taken ; and made her a 
fig-liting vessel, and called lier wame Essex Junior, and 
a man, whose name was Downs, he made captain 
thereof. 

14 And he fell upon the fishermen of Britain, and 
cnptured tliose who went out to catch the mighty 
whales, which afford oil to give us hght in the nigiit 
time, and bones to shade our daughters from the scorch- 
ing sun of tlie noon-day. 

15 Moreover, David went to an island where dwelt 
wild savages, and established himself, so that he could 
go out and return whensoever he chose. 

16 And when he departed from the island, which he, 
^railed after tlie cliief governor of the land of Columbia 



140 HISTORICAL 

in those da3^s,* he left some of his meo^ with the weapon? 
of war to defend the place. 

IT Now David was a grievous thorn in the side of 
Britain, and he ahuost destroyed her whole commerce 
hi the South Seas : 

18 Inasmuch as he put the wise men of the king to 
their wits end 5 for they were unable to out-sail him 
and take him captive. 

19 So tliey sent their strong ships in search of iiim. 
by two's, over the whole face of tlie v/ators of- tl^e 
Soutliern Ocean ; and the expense thereof would have 
made more than two feasts for the Prince r!egent, who 
governed England in the name of liis fa<]i:\''. 

20 However, it came to pass, that David returned 
again in his ship to the haven of Vah>araiso ; and the 
"Vessel, called the Essex Junior, accompanied him. 

21 Now ro-.vns, who commanded her, liad been to 
the place before, and conducted the prize* of David there, 
and brought him the tidings that he was likeh" to be en- 
snared upon the waters. 

22 So, wliilst David was there, on the t\7er.ty-cig!ith 
day of the third mp.nth, in the eighteen hundred and 
fourteenth year of the Christian era, 

2G He looked around, and beliold ! he saw iv,o of ihe 
strong ships of Britain approaclnng, for the piu-posc of 
hemmin.';' Iiim in ; the one called the Piia?be, and tiie 
other the Cherub, 

2-4 But liis heart sank not within him, for he knew 
no covrardice : but, with the wisdom of a brave man, 

McuUsc?! hla7id. 



READER. 141 

it2 strove to escape, ns the vessels were too powerful fcr 
# him. 

25 But the winds were adverse, and blew hard, and. 
prevented the tacklings of his. ship from taking elTect : 

26 Nevertheless, David said unto the captains of 
tlie king, Come singly, and not. like cowards, upon 

me; then shall ye receive the thunders. o£ the freemea. 
, of Columbia abundantly ; 

27 And her fam.e shall not suffer, although in the con- 
test yc may destroy my vessel upon the face of the wsu- 

28 But Hillyar, the captain of the king's ship called 
ic Phoebe, was afraid lest he should be overcome. 

29 Now, when David found he was unable to make- 
good his escape, he drew nigh the land, that he might 
be protected by: tlie great law of nations y for it v^ds a 
place frieiidly to botli parlies. 

30 But in this he was deceived; fbr the authorities 
of Sjkiin trembled at the nod of tlie servants of Bi;itain^ 
in whom there was no faith. 

31 So both vessels came i3:pon him, like iavenou:i 
wolves, in the very haven of VaI])araiso ; thus trans? 
gressing the law of nations, and committing an outrage 
which hath few examples under the sun. 

32 And they set their engines to work upon the Es- 
sex with all their might. 

33 Nevertheless, David- fought against them with. 
desperation, for there was no hope left for hiip to es-. 

''€ape ; neither did he expect mercy. 

34 And he held out for more than the space of tw*- 
hours, when he became overpowered ; having his ship, 
^s^uki^g wreck, cpvered with blood, and on fire: vvijJ: 



f42^ HISTORICAL 

about an hundred and fifty of his men siain and nsaim- 
ed : 

35 So'f after David had fought hard, he became cap- 
tive to the ships of the king 5 who had also some of 
their men slain, and some wounded. 

36 Moreover, Hillyar gave him praise and called 
him a man of courage 5 for he fought against two strong 
ships of Britain. 

3Y And David made a covenant with Hillyar, in- 
which the Essex Junior was given unto him and his 
aiien, that they might return in her again to their own 
country, 

38 And it came to pass, in the seventh month of 
the same year of the battle, David arrived in the city 
of New- York ; having been absent about two years. 

S9 Now when the people of Columbia beheld the 
Valiant Porter, they were rejoiced with exceeding great 
oy J inasmuch as they unharnessed the horsi^s from be-* 
fore his chariot, and di'ew him througli thecit}'. 

40 And they made a sumpt,;ous ftast hr him, and 
mvited a multitude of guests j and spent the day in glad- 
ne^sjs giftd mirth= 



:^EADER. 



CHAP, XJXIX. 

Cciirture of the V. S. shop of war Frolic, hy the Bri- 
tish frigate Orpheus — capture of the British sloop 
of tvar U Epsrvier, hy the Peacock, Capt. Warring- 
ton — capture of the Bswdccr^ by the Wasp, Capt, 
Blakdy — the Aoon cdj^S^d and sunk — U. S. veS" 
sels Syren and Rattlesnake captured — Adniirat 
Cochrane declares the lohole American coast in a 
itate of blockade^ 



N. 



OW it haj5pened on the twenty-first day of the 
A-iburth month of the eighteen hundred and fourteenth 
year, that one of the strong ships of the khig, called the 
Orpheus; 

2 Being upon the waters of the great deep, fell in with 
a small vessel of the United States, called the Frolic, 
and made capture tliereof. 

3 However, in the same month, not many days after ■ 
' .wards, a fighting vessel of Columbia, called the Peacock; 

cpinmanded by the brave Warrington, met one of the 
V .vessels of the king. 

4' Now they were about equal in force; and the 
nam€ of the vessel of Britain was called L'Eperviet 
,and the captain-s name was Wales. 

5 And they sat the engines of destruction to workj 
apd fought \Y\i\i great fury tor the space of forty minutes ^5 



V^ KfSTORICAL 

6 When the mariners of Columbia overcame th*: 
-servants of the king, and the vessel of Briiaiu struck 

her red-cross to the ship of Warrington. -' 

7 And there were slain aiid woimded of the servantii 
,df the king about twenty and three; but there wer<? 
none slain of the people of Columbia. 

8 Moreover, Warrington gat about an hundrtil 
and twenty thousand pieces of silver, that were iu tii€ 
vessel. ^ 

9 And he received great" praise throughout the land 
for this gallant exploit. 

10 And the great Sanhedrim thanked him and gave 
iiim a medal of gold. 

11 Likewise, the people 6f Savannah, a chief town 
in the state of Georo;ia, being a thousand miles to the 

south of New- York, honored hmi greatly. 

1 For'iie had brought both vessels into their p6rt ; 
and 'ere were much rejoicings ; and a rich feast was 
prepared for him by the people. 

13 Moreover, it came to pass, on the twenty-eighth 
day of the sixth month, tha- one of the fighting ships 
of Columbia, called the Wasp, met a vessel of the kmg, 
upon the ocean, called the Feinyeer 5 after one of th^ 
swift rmining animals of Columbia. 

14 Now the Wasp was commanded by a man of 
courage, whose name was Blakely. 

15 And a dreadful battle began ; and the mischievous 
balls of destruction showered around with tremendous 
noise. 

16 Nevertheless, Blakely ran down upon the Rein- 
•x^eer, and in about twenty minutes he captured her. 

17 But her captain was slain, and she was ^s h 



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re a wreck upon the waters; so Biakely destroyed 

I" 18 The loss of the king, in killed and wounded 
'hat day, was about seventy and five; and five of the 
■n of Columbia were slain, and about a score maim- 
«'-d. 

19 And the fiiends of the great Sanhedrim were 
pleased with the valiant acts of Biakely. 

20 IMoreover, on the twenty-seventh day of the 
f-ighth month, the Wasp captured another ship of the 
king, called the Avon, and sunk her to the bottom of 
the great deep. 

21 And the slain and wounded of the Avon, was 
two score and two. 

22 Howheit, about the same time, the Syren and 
the Rattlesnake* fell into the hands of the king. 

^3 About this time, the whole land of Coiurabia was 
>rdcred to be hemmed in by Cochrane, a servant of 
^he king, and a chief captain of the navy of Brilain. 

24 But all their blockades were of no avail; for tlpr 
men of Columbia escaped and outwitted them 



l^. S. schooner and ir/V, about 14 gnns 



(a^ '/ 



•UC m&TOKICM. 



•^KAP. XL. 

^reamng up of the cantonmejii at French Milh'-^ 
affair at hi-Cole-Mill — Major Appling captures 
- two hundred British seamen — Gen. Brown captures 
Fort Erie — battle of Chippawa plains. 



IS. 



OW it came to pass, in the second month of th^ 
same yea.r in which David gat home to the UnitM 
States, 

2 That the armies of the north began to be in motion, 
and departed from the place called French Mills, 
where they were encamped. 

3 And a part thereof moved towards Plattsburgh, on 
lake Champlain 5 and ^was commanded by a brave map, 
whose name was Mac j!v*b, and Wilkinson, the chiefs 
captain, followed after thenio 

4 But the otlier part of the host, commanded by 
Jacob, whose sir-name was Brown, went tjo Sackett's 
Harbor; and from thence against the strong hold of 

Niagara. 

5 And it was so, that when Wilkinson heard that 
Jacob had gone against Niagara; he marshalled out 
his force, aad went agiinst a place in the province of 
the king, called La-Cole-Mill; to take ito 

6 Nevertheless, he failed, and lost many men; after 
which the comn^nd of the army was given to a ch^f 
captain, whose naoie ^ag Izard^ 



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7 "111 the meanwhile many of the evils of v/ari\;r.c 
were committed on and about the waters of OiilaH^* 
and the er^at lake Erie. 

8 And a gallant captain, whose name was Appling,"* 
took about two hundred of tlie mariners of tlie royal 
navy of Britain, at a place called Sandy-Creek, by 
the waters of lake Ontario : being in the same month 
that the strong hold of Oswego was taken by the men ^ 
of Britain. 

9 Now on the third day of tlie seventh month, ""ft 
came to pass, that Jacob, the cliief captain of the host 
of Columbia, on the borders of the river ^Niagara, 

10 Kavlng prepared his men beforehand, crossed 
the river and captured fort Erie, and an hundred thirty 
and seven of the soldiers of the king, and some of the 
destroying engines ; 

11 And the next day being the anniversary of the 
independence of Columbia, after liavmg left some oi 
iilie men of war to defend the place, 

12 He moved with his host towards the phiins o! 
Chippawa, where they rested for the night. 

13 On the next da}"^ Jacob assembled his captains of 
fifties, and his captains of hundreds, and spake untc 
them, saying, 

14 Lo ! the army of the king are mighty men of 
valor, and their numbers are great, even those who 
fought ill Spain, under the banners of Welling- 



Major Appling. 



-i iiiSTOKlCAL 

"on,* the chief warrior of Britain; and Riail) ihe 
hiti' Cciptiiu of th2 host, is a man ot^ great experi- 
<2nce : 

15 Nevertheless, be not disheartened 5 but let us be- 
^ware that we be not ensnared. 

16 So he prepared his army to go against the host 
ol Britain, in battle arrays and the soldiers of Colum- 
bia shouted for the battle. 

17 Now the army of Britain rested upon the plains 
of Cliippawa, and were ready to meet the army of Co- 
lumbia; they shouted aloud, and inflamed their blood 
with the strong waters of Jamaica. 

18 iind they put fire to the black dust of the de- 
stroying engines; and a great noise issued from the 
mouths thereof. 

19 Moreover, they vomited fire and smoke and 
brimstone incessantly, and witli the movements of the 

"'irmies the dust of the earth arose and overshadowed 
die held of slaughter. 

20 And the heavy balls of iron whistled about them 
).n abundance. 

21 However, the skill of Jacob, and his brave cap- 
tains, became manifest, and the^ drove the host of Bri- 
tain before them, 

22 And compelled them to flee to their strong en- 
trenchments at Fort George and Fort Niagara. 

23 And the field of battle was covered with tlie slain 
and the maimed ; even eight hundred men. 

24 And the slain and wounded of the servants «f the 
king were about five hundred. 



* Lord JFaUin^fon. 



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^5 So Jacob and Ills army gat great praise, and al". 
^he warriors of Columbia that fought that day : 

2(5 Amongst whom were the voumteers of the 
states of N'ew-York and Penasylvaaia, who were led 
-on by the gallant Porter.* 

i> !27 And Ripley was there, and tlie brave Scott, wltc 
Went oat and fouirht In the heat of the batdc. 



Gens, Forier^ RijiUij^^ mid Scoli 



%:j^ historical 

CHAP. XLL 
Battle of BncJgewaler, 



OW about this time there was peace among the 
strong powers of Europe ; and the strength of Britain 
was free to be employed against the people of Colum- 
bia. 

2 So she increased her navy on the shores of Co- 
liimbia, and strengthened her armies in Canada; and 
sent skilful men to conduct them and to fight her bat- 
rtles : 

3 And J in her spite, she emptied out the vials of her 
^vengeance upon the United States. 

4 Notwithstanding, it came to pasSj on the twenty 
ififth day of the same month, 

5 That another bloody battle was fought hard by, at 
. a place called Bridgewater, from whence ye might be- 

hold the stupendous water-falls of Niagara. 

6 There the army of Britain came out against Jacob, 
-With a host of five thousand chosen men. 

7 Now the numbers of the host of Columbia were 
: less thcui the host of the king, who were commanded by 

two chief captains, the one named Drummondj* and 
tiic other Riall; 

* Gen. Drummond 



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■ S Nevertheless, Jacob weiii out against tliofii and 
h gave them baitle : and (he army of Coliinibia shouted 
aloud; and the battle waxedihot beyond measure. 

9 And it lasted k>v the space of seven hours 5 even 
until thejnidnight. 

10 TI'O hiiire cneiti;'« of destruction roared as the 
loud thunder, and tiie blaze thereof was like unto flash- 
es of liglitninj^. 

11 But ii came to pass, that the cirmy of Columbia 
drove the invincibles of Wellington from the riQ]d. 

12 The valiant Aliller, with liis band, rushed upon 
the soldiers of the Iving, with the shciip points of his 
weapons of war, thai faintly glittered in the light of the 
moon, and overcame them.* 

13 Moreover, Drr>mmond, the chief captain of the 
king, was wounded, raid in danger of being made cap- 
tive ; and Kiall, the chief captain, was taken and fell 
into the hands of the brave Jessnp.f 

14 And Jacob, the chief captain of the host of Co- 
lumbia, was sorely wounded ; and the brave Scott wa» 
wounded also. 

15 However, this wa's a dreadful battle, fought ar- 
my against army, aiid blood and slaughter covered the 
green fields. 

16 The loss of the king, was about a" thousand and 
two hundred fighting men, who came to lose in tiic 
land of Columbia the honor they won in Europe. 



* Miller- s brilliant charge on the enemy. 
!• Major Jessupy of the 2^th Reg, 



i 



ijr KTSTOIIICAD 

If The loss of tiic men of Columbia was also Vtip-y- 
great ; being an hundred three score and ten slain, and 
more than five Imndred maimed. 

18 Now, as- Jacob, tlie chief captain of the host of 
Columbia, was wounded, the charge was given to the 
valiant Rinley, and the arnry returned to the strong 
iiold of Fort ICrie.' 

19 And Jacob and his brave men gained great praise 
■ hron^rlioutthe land of Columbiti, 



READER. 153 



CHAP. XLII. 

Assault on Fort Eric, by the British, under Gen, 
Drummond — Gen. Brown resumes his command — 
sallies out of Fort Erie against the British carap 
expedition into Canada. 



Ai 



.ND it came to pass, ou the foiuti! day of the 
next month, being the same day that the gallant Mor- 
gan, with two hundred and two score men, drove a 
thousand soldiers of the king from before Black Rock, 

2 That a chief captain of Columbia whose name 
was Gaines,* arrived from Sackett^s I j arbor at Fort 
Erie ; and took the command thereof. 

3 And it was so, that on the following day the army 
of the king approached towards the fort, and encamped 
themselves. 

4 Moreover, they threw up breast-works and pre- 
pared their battering-rams, with intent to destroy the 
place, and make captives of the men of Columbia. 

5 And on the fifteenth day of the month, after they 
had prepared themselves, they rushed forth with all 
their might against the strong hold of Columbia. 

6 And as their deeds v*ere evil, they began in the 
dead of the nigiit, when the bowlings of the wild wolf 



* Gen. Gaines- 
O 



154 HISTORICAL 

are heard from afar, and the steady roar of distant wa- 
teV-falls, catches the ear of the drowsy centinel. 

J Lo ! it was a night dark and gloomy ; and the 
t^ery clouds of heaven wept for the folly of man.* 

8 Quickly did the weapons of murder disturb and 
trouble the general silence. 

9 Their thunders roared around the battlements 5 
and the sudden blaze, _ from the engines, was as a thou- 
sand flashes of lightning. 

10 But the men of Columbia were not asleep; 
for they met them at the onset : thrice the men of Bri- 
tain came ; and thrice were they driven back. 

1 1 About this time, a man of Columbia, who was 
sorely wounded, begged of an officer of the king that 
his life might be spared f 

12 But the captain, whose name was Drummond,t 
to whom he spake, refused him quarters ; and, taking 
an oath, he swore, and cursed the men of Columbia, 
saying, Even as I slay thee, so shall it be with ye all. 

13 Thus violating the commandment of God, which 
sayeth, Thou shalt do no murder. 

14 But the hand of the Lord was stretched out 
against him 5 for while he was yet speaking, in the 
wickedness of his heart, he was smitten dead to the 
earth. 

15 Now, although the men of Britain did some 
injury to the fort, they were quickly compelled to de^ 
part. 



It wa^ a rainy night* 
t CoL Drummond, 



READER. 135 

16 And tlie slain and wounded of tl>e kinsr that 
night, were about seven hundred, besides two hundred 
captives, 

17 The loss of the United States was about an 
hundred men. 

18 Now it came to pass, on the seventeenth day of 
the next month, when Jacob was recovered of his 
wounds, and had resumed iiis command, he sallied out 
of Fort Erie with his men, and went against the camp 
of the servants of the kin^. 

19 And by his bravery and skill, and that of the 
valiant captains under him, he took and destroyed 
their strong holds, and slew many of them, so that 
their loss was about a thousand fighting men. 

20 And the slain and wounded of Jacobus army 
were two hundred ninety and nine. 

21 Now the valiant deeds of Jacob, and his brave 
men, are they not written in all the books of the chroni- 
cles of the land of Columbia of that day ? 

22 After this, on the twcntj'-first day of the same 
month, the chief captain, and the host of Britain, being 
tired of the noise of the destroying engines of the mea 
of Columbia, went away from the place and rested at 
Queenstown. 

23 About this time Izard, the chief captain, arriv- 
ed at Fort Erie, from Plattsburgh, and, as he was the 
oldest captain, he took the charge of the army of the 
north. 

24 During these circumstances, it happened that the 
brave M'Arthur, who had remained at the strong hol4 
of Detr oit, to defend it. 



U6 HISTORICAL 

25 Moved his army towards Burlington Hcig^if^, 
and went more than an hundred miles into the province 
©f Canada. 

26 And the men of Columbia that went with him 
were valiant men, from the states of Kentucky and Ohio ; 
in number about eight hundred. 

27 Victory perched upon their arms, and they slew 
some of the servants of the king, and made many 
prisoners, and returned again with the loss of one mai). 

28 In the meanwhile, the army of Izard crossed the 
river and returned from Erie to the borders of Columbia, 
in the latter part of the year, and went into their wint^rt 
«amps at Buifj^p. 



'-^.EADEK. .i5' 



ChAF. XLIIL 

^ Attack on Storungton^ hy the British shijjs of ww 
tchich are defeated and driven of. 



I: 



N these days the strong powers of Britain strove 
hard to quench the lire of Cokimbiaii Liberty, 

2 But it was liglited up by the hand of heaveiij and 
not tp be extinguislied. 

3 Now it came to pass, on the ninth day of the eighth 
month of tlie same year^ 

4 Tiiat the mighty sliips of Britain came and opened 
their thimdi'ring en«:ines upon the httle toMi^n of Ston- 
ington, which lieth in the state of Connecticut, in the 
e^.st. 

5 But the iuliabitants of the place .were bold and 
valiant men, and they ^corned to make a covenant with 
the servants of the king, 

Altliough Hardy,* the chief captain of the king^s 
ships had threatened to destroy the place 5 saying, Re- 
move from the town your women and your childreny 
pdio are innocent and fight not. 

7 Thus shewing more rigliteousiiess than any oi the 

* Com. lirirn^i, a capiab, und;:r Lord Nel^':>r. of 
rhc ba.fdeqf Trafalgar. 



158 HISTORICAL 

king's captams : a!b?itj he gave them only the space o? 
one hour to depart : 

8 So the men of Columbia let the destroying engines 
loose upon the vessels, and shot the yankee balls amengst 
them plentifully, and compelled them to depart : 

9 Notwithstanding, they had but two of the destroy- 
ing engines In the place. 

10 However, on the eleventh day of the same month. 
they were again forced to put them in motion. 

11 For^ in the meantime, Hardy had sent a messen- 
ger to the inhabitants, saying, 

12 If ye will not prov^ wickied, and will refrain from 
sending your evil torpedoes amongst our vessels, tlien 
will we spare your town^ 

13 Now Hardy was mightily afraid of these torpe- 
does, (the history whereof is- written in the fiftieth 
book of these chronicles) and he trembled at the sound 
of the name' thereof. 

14 Nevertheless, the people of Stonington refused 
his request. 

15 So the ships of Britain came again and they 
brought another strong ship of- the king to help them to 
take the place. 

iG But once more the valiant sons of Connecticut 
made them fly for safety : and they came not again. 

17 And the gallant conduct of the people of Ston- 
ington gained th'em much praise, even from the great 
Sa:tihedrim of the people. 

18 Thus wxjuld the men of Columbia have done, in 
many other places, but for the false words and wick-ed- 
aess of traitorous men. 



READER. =*5?> 



CHAP. XLIV 



Affairs in the CbesapeaJce — British army move up 

the Patu vent— land and march towards tJie city 

of lFashi?7gto?ir— prepare themselves for battle at 
Bladensburgh. 



N. 



OW the mighty fleet of Britain, that troubled the 
waters of the great Bay of Chesapeake, coinnianded by 
Gockburn the wicked, continued their depredations. 

2 The number of their fighting ships were increas- 
ed, and the soldiers of the king had corae thither in 
'multitudes from the island of Britain. 

' 3 For the war which she had waged against the 
•mighty ruler of France,* was at an end ; and all their 
men of war were idle 5 so they sent them against the 
men of Columbia, .who slew them with terrible slaugh- 
ter. 

> 4: Now the nunrahers of the servants and soldiers .cf 
the king, in and about the Chesapeake, were little few^ 
than ten thousand. 

5 And they moved up the great river, which is called 
the Potowmac, and the river Patuxent, which lieth to 
tfce east thereof. 

- 6 So, as they passed^along, they did much damage ; 



Biipnajparte, 



. '^j - HISTORICAL 

2,£iVL destroyed abundance of the sweet-scented plant of 
Ylrghiicij burning it with fire. ' 

7 Now this weed is a native of the land cf Colum- 
bia., and groweth not on the island of BHtain : 

8 Therefore, the nostrils of the servants of Britain 
were regaled with the scent thereof, for the king had 
put a silver bar* against its pkiitifui use, throughout his 
whole dominions. 

9 However, it came to pass^ about the; twentieth day 
oi the same niCxith, that the v/liole army of Britain gat 
out of their vessels and their boats, at a place called 
Benedict, be'ug towards the head of the river Patuxent. 

10 And a man of great ex|>€rience in matters of war- 
fare, sir-named Ross, was chief captain of the host of 
Britain. ' 

11 So the\' marched on toward:^ Wasliington, which 
lieth on the waters of the Potowmac, and is called the 
chief city of the land of Columbia j w:here the great 
Sanh^chim assemble themselves together. 

12 And they journied on until they came to a place 
cail'^d Biadensburgli, which lieth to the east of the city^ 
not far off. 

13 And Cockburn: staid not behind, for his heart 
thirsted after blood and murder, 

14 Now this was on the twenty fourth day of the- 
eighth month, in the one thousand eight hundred. a.nd 
ourteenth year of the Christian era. 

15 And the arrnv of Columbia that went out to 
meet the host of Bnijiin, was commanded by a brave 
man, whose name was Winder. 



Tkr fax on iohacco^ mamifactUiCd :;:,. ILnglcauI 



READER. 161 

16 But it was in the heat of the summer, and the hus- 
mdmen of Cola;abia, that went out to defend the 

place, were weary, for they had travelled many miles 
from the house of their fathers. 

17 Moreover, their numbers were few at the onset : 
for those that were journeying on their way came not 
in time. 

18 Nevertheless, they who came, prepared them- 
selves for the fight, in the hope that they might not be 
overcome by the servants of the king. 

19 And it was so, that when Ross, the chief captain 
of the host of Britain, drew nigh the place, and saw 
that the men of Columbia were bent on giving him hin- 
drance, 

20 He addressed the officers and men of his arm^r, 
and enc ouraged them, saying, 

21 Lo ! we are stronger than the host of Columbia 5 
therefore, let us go with all our might against their chief 
city, and make capture thereof, 

22 And burn it with fire, and take their chief govern^ 
or, and bind him hand and foot, and bring him before 
the king. 

23 Moreover, let us surround the temple of the great 
Sanhedrim of the nation, and endeavor to catch theni^ 
even as the huntsman catchethyba;es. 

24 Then shall we strike terror throughout the land 
©f Columbia, and the arms of the king, our master^ 
shall be encircled with glory. 

25 The spirit of the people will be broken ; they 
will bow down to the servants of the king : and all the 
nations will behold the valiant deeds of Britaiji. 



iQ2 HXSTORICAL 



CHAP. XLV. 

Capture of Washington — Sacking of Alexandria'' — 
death of Sir Peter Parker, 



N< 



OW, when Ross, the chief captain, had done 
speaking, they sent forth their fire brands, and sat their 
destroying engines to work, and cast balls of destruc- 
tion and death. 

2 Nevertheless, the men of Columbia were not dis- 
mayed, but poured out their thunders upon them in 
abundance. 

3 And Joshua., sir-named Barney, who commanded 
tHe vessels of Columbia near the place, with his brave 
men, went out upon the land, and fought against them 
with desperation. 

4 For he had ordered his little fleet to be burnt with 
fire, that the men of Britain might not profit thereby, 
and it blew up in the air with a loud noise. 

5 Now Joshua was in the heat of the battle ; and his 
destroying engines slew the men of Britain on all sides : 
however, he was wounded and made captive. 

(5 But the servants of the king treated Joshua well, 
and honoured him for his bravery. 
' 7 Now James, the chief governor, and the ccainseU 
lojs, and the scribes of the great Sanhedrim, went out 



READER. 163 

ib see the battle, and to contrive for tlie safety of the 
city. 

8 And Munroe,* the chief scribe of the great 
Sanhedrim, was there ; and Armsiroiig,t and many 
other friends of the land of Columbia. 

9 Nevertheless, the wisdom of all their plans failed 
them ; and they were sorely grieved to behold tiie hus- 
bandmen and the army of Winder, the chief captain, 
flee before the host of Britain. 

10 But they were misled in their calculations ; and 
they were now unable to prevent the evil. 

11 Neither did the men of war they counted upon 
arrive in time to catch the army of the king. 

12 Therefore, the host of Columbia fled, and went 
beyond the city, and passing through Georgetown, 
rested at a place called Montgomery Court-house. 

13 And the slain and maimed of the king, were 
about four hundred : those of the men of Columbia 
about two score. 

14 Now it was about the going down of the sun, 
when the hosi of the king polluted the Citadel of Free- 
dom, and with their unhallowed footsteps violated the 
Temple of Liberty. 

15 And Cockburn and Ross led the savage band of 
Britain into the midst of the cit}'. 

1 5 And the men of Columbia gnashed their teeth, and 



* Hon. James Munroe^ then Scc'ry of States 
t Gew. Armstrong. 



164 HISTORICAL 

Ibit their lips with vexation 5 for the thing might have 
Ueeii prevented.* 

17 Nevertheless, it proved a blessing; for it united 
the people of Columbia as one man. against the tyrants 
of the earth. 

18 Now tlie place that had been pitched upon to 
build the chief city, was in a fine country, and a beau- 
tiful spot, in the District of Columbia. 

19 But the inhabitants round about the City of 
Washington were lew ; for they had, as it were, just 
began to build it. 

20 There was much ground laid out for the city, 
but the buildings therein were not many ; neitiier was 
it fort i lied. 



* Whatever may he mdividual sentiment ^ it has heen, 
and still is the opinion of the best informtd, that there 
■was si/r^cient time to have had the place enirendied 
and foriijiedji if necessary ^ with an hundred pieces of 
cannon ; and at leoM to have kept the enemy at bay, 
until a sufficient force were assembled to have cut ojf 
his retreat. But to expect raw militia to meet and re- 
pulse, in an open plain, solid columns of regular troops, 
superior in numbers as well as discipline, mnet he 
preposterous. Who is to blame in the business we vre- 
sume not to say; but hope a recurrerice of ike evil 
may be provided against in future. Had the same en- 
ergy and industry been exercised at the city of Wash- 
ington, that were displayed by the patriotic citizens of 
New-Yo?'k, in erecting foi^if cations for the d fence (f 
their capital, we might have been spared th mortif- 
cation that follotved the capture of the seat of govern- 
ment. 



READER, 1.65 

21 So wlicii the servants of the king came to the 
place, they looked around, in surprise, and cried out 

- with astonishment, saying, 

22 Lo ! the city hath tied with the people, for there 
are but an handful of houses in the place. 

23 However, the next day they began the work of 
destruction, like unto the barbarians of ancient times -, 
for their wickedness followed after them as the shadow 
followetti after the substance. 

24 And they destroyed the beautiful edifices with fire. 
even the palace of tlie great Sanhedvim. 

25 Now Cockburu was loath that his wicked deeds 
should be handed down to future generations j so he 
went and destro\'ed, with his own hands, the chief 
printingrolilce* of the city, and scattered the type^, 
abroad ; 

26 Because, as he alledged, the printer had, in times 
pr.st, uttered many hard things against him. 

27 Thus did he, even Cockburn, like an ignorant 
sa. ■■ ' Ills own name with infamy, and make it 
bec'ji.» .: A reproach atnongst all mankind. 

28 Science and learning blushed at the champions 
of England., who had been repiesented as the bulwark 
' f rri'idoi! ; but who were, in reality, the supporters of 
1 >!;nry ; t'le staff of Juggernaut, the false god of In- 

(:;■'■. 

2-} ^'ov/ the a-;t of |,i . uig was not known amonp 
\] ;' ancients; for it was livnited in these latter days ; 
e ca in the fcuiteeji hunur 1 and ibr^kth ye:\r of the 
• '.'^'•;'n era. 

** Ofjkc cf the National Inidligencer. 
I' 



166 HISTORICAL 

30 It was the helpmate of Freedom, and whea the 
light which it spread burst forth upon the world, it be- 
gan to open the eyes of man, and to destroy the poison- 
ous weeds that choaked the growth of Liberty. 

31 Moreover, to complete the vandalism of Cock- 
burn and Ross, they fell upon the printed books of the 
great Sanhedrim. 

32 Even those that had been gathered together for 
instruction j the toil of many years j containing the 
learning and wisdom of ages. 

33 And they consumed them with fire ; thus striving 
to turn man back to the ages of ignorance and dark- 
ness. 

34 Now, Thomas, whose sir-name was Jefferson, 
who had been a scribe in the days of Washington, 
and a chief governor in the land of Columbia, in times 
past ; a man whom the people esteemed for his vir- 
tue ; 

35 When he heard of tlieir wickedness ; how, sa- 
vage-like, they had burnt the books which had been 
written by the wise men of the earth, and preserved 
from the beginning to that day 5 

36 In the goodness of his heart, he wrote unto the 
great Sanhedrim, when they were assembled together, 
saying : 

37 Since, like the barbarians of old, whose igno_ 
ranee might plead for them, the servants of the king- 
dom of Great Britain have laid waste your chief city# 
and made it a desolation, 

38 And have trampled upon science, mutilated the 
laonuments of art.and industry, destroyed the archive 
of your nation, and burnt you^: l^ooks witli fire j 



I- 



READER. IG 

30 For your benefit, and for the benefit of my coun 
try, I will give imto you my whole Library, which 1 
have selected with care, from my youth u}) wards j and 
whatever in your judgment shall be the vakte thereof, 
that will I accept.* 

40 I am well stricken in years, and must shortly 
v\) whh my fathers; but the last wish of my heart 

shall be the welfare of my country. 

41 Now Thomas was a Phllosoj^her, i\ud a man of 
great learning, and he had abundance ci books of all 
nations, and in all languages, even ten thousand vo- 
lumes. 

42 So the great Sanhedrim accepted the offer of 
Thomas, and they retain the books to this day. 

43 Now it came to pass, in the evening of the 
same day, on which the vandals of Britain set fire to 
the city, that the army of the king fled from the place ; 
lor the air of Liberty is poison to the followers of ty- 
rants. 

44 Moreover, they left some of their slain and 
wounded behind, for they were afraid of being caught 
in a snare by the husbandmen of Columbia. 

45 So they went down to the river and gat into their 
vessels from whence they came. 

46 In the meantime, the inhabitants of Alexandria, 
a town which lieth to the south of the ciiief city, on the 
river Potowmac, in the state of Virginia, 



* ^^r. Jefferson left it to Congrcsfi to mnhe Mm what 
rompensation they thought proper for his Library. 



lob. HiSTORlCAL 

47 Being smitten with fear, sent to C ockburn and 
Ross, entreating that they might be spared, if, perad- 
venture, they made a covenant in good faith with them, | 
and surrendered themselves. 

48 And the chief captains of Britain a':ie vl to tlit? 
Capitulation of the town, and to vouchsafe its protec- 
tion. 

49 But the people suffered for tlieir foolisli confi- 
dence • and no one pitied them j for it \Tas of their 
own seeking. 

50 So it happened, after they ]iad trusted to th^ 
faith of the servants of the king; Gordon, a captain 
'of the ships in the river Potowmac, came up against 
^hem before the town ; 

51 And took their merchant ships ; and compelled 
'the people to open their store-house^^ and put into the 
vessels their Bour, even sixteen thousand barrels, and 
their wine, and their cotton, and a thousand hogsheads- 
of the sweet-scented plant. 

52 So the robbers of the king took them away, sack- 
*Ed the town, and laughed at the people thereof, for 

trusting to the faith of British honour. 

■53 Kovvcver, as they passed along down the river, 
with their "" 1 treasure, lo ! the si>ips of Britain 

Hvereassai'i . i:igii being destroyed : 

54 For Rogers, and Perry, iaA 1 ns-c, three va- 
liant captains of the navy of Cc-lavubia, gave them 
hindrance and annoyed them greatly : v 

55 Perry and Porter raised lortif^cations upon the 
'borders ef the river^ and put therein the destroying 



HEADER. 1% 

tC^flgines, which, when the vessels came nigh by, 
they Jet loose upon thera abundantly, and wounded 
tliem in their tackling^ and slew numbers of thei«' 
men. 

56 Moreover, the balls Avhich the engines vomited 
'fortli, were red and hot from the mouth of the fiery 

furnace. 

57 Me;r.nwhile, Rogers sent his fire-sliips among 
them to destroy them as they fled ; nevertheless thiey 
es caned. 

58 Now about this time, being the thirtieth day of 
the same jnonth, Peter, whose sir-name was Parker, 

pho commanded a strong sliip of the king, was com- 
-mitting many depredations along the shores of the Ches- 
apeake ; 

59 So Peter essayed to go, in the night-time^ against 
ome of the husbandmen of Columbia, commanded by 
he gcdlant Reid^* about the borders of the state of Ma- 

jyland ; 

GO And when he had landed his men of war, he 
went out after the husbandmen, and the plunder ; but 
they were upon the watch, and fell upon him, and killed 

lid maimed about two score, and were nigh mak- 
ing captives. of them all; r.nd Peter was amongst the 
slain. 

6l Now when the news of the taking of the chief 

■ty of Cchimbia, and the sacking of Alexandria was 



Col Rcid, of the militia* 



170 HISTORICAL 

received in Britain, at first the peQ];)le rejoiced, sayings, 
Now, forsooth, have we conquered these cunning Yan- 
kees ! 

62 But afterwards they became ashamed, and hid 
their faces ; for they had heard the judgment of the 
surrounding nations, by whom their vandalism was 
eondemned.* 



* A number of well written articles were publish- 
«ef, not only in the jpicpers of France and Germany, 
hut even in Englnnd, in wliirh this scandalous imita- 
tion of the conduct of the Goths and FandaU was yery 
■severely rejftrekended. 



READER, in 



CHAP. XLVI. 

British under Gen. Prevost^ go against Plaftsbtirgh 
:^Com. Macdonough captures the British sqiiadrom 
* on hake Champlain 



N^ 



FVERTHELFSS, if difficulties and disasters 
befel the people of Columbia in tlie south, lo ! there 
was a wreath of laurels weaving for them in the north. 

2 Behold! a mis^hty army of the king had assem- 
bled together at the vilhge of Champlain. between 
Plattsburgh and Montreal ; nigh unto the place 
where Forsyth the warrior, the second Sumter,* was 
slain : 

3 For the Prince Regent had commanded his ser° 
vants to go forth into the heart of the land of Column 



* Sumtery a brave officer in the American Revolu' 
tion, similar in character to Forsyth, 

The following lines were suggested to the mind of 
the writer^ by viewing thp spot where the remains of 
the gallant Forsyth lie interred. On the 28 fh 'f JunCy 
1814, this enterprising officer mode an incvrsion mio 
Canada as far is Odlestn on, where an affair took 
place with adrtachment of the enemy from the Port 
of ha. Cole 4ft€r killing seventeen of their number^ 
Forsyth reci€V€d a wound in the neck of which j he died 



17,;. !iktoiuc:al 

bbj and scpamW the states of the cast from the reit o:' 
the couiitry. 

4 So it i.::me to pass, aI:>out the lifth day of the 
niath moiitii, that the host of Britain appeared before 
the village of Phittsbiirgh ; which iieth about thrcf 
iiiindred miles from New- York, towards the north. 

5 Now Prevostj the governor of Canada, wasjlh.c 
«"ommander of the army ; and the iiimiber of his mci- 
ol war was about fifteen thousand. 

G And they began to prepare their battering ramSj 
tlieir bombs and their rockets, and all kinds of instr^= 
Tiients of destruction; and they entrenched themselves - 
^ound about. • ' 

7 Now tlie strong hold of Plattsburgh was hard 
l3y 5 and the l^rve Macomb was the chief captain of 



jn a few dai/safirrj and idqs hurled y.wlih mU'tt-up^ ho- 
nors, at Chamiilain. 

'Stop, traveller, stay — view well the ground 

Where Forsyth fought and bled ; 
Mark well the spot, for yonder mound, 

-Contains the valiant dea^. 

* No cold neglect could check his zeal, 
His Country was his pride, 
"And fighting for that Country's weal^ 
The hero nobly died ! 

No tomb-stone marks tlie dreary spotj 
Where sleeps the warrior brave ; 
->ITis fame, his actions, quite forgot v 
And buried in his grave. 



iiEADEa. ir* 

the liold ; and die number of his men was about fiftecr* 
hundred; being in the proportion of ont Yankee to tcfi 
J iuvincibles. 

8 Howsoever, tlie vahant husbandmen of the states. 
of Vermont and New- York, called militia, commanded 
by Mooers, a man of great courage, assembled to2ethef, 
to assist in the d(»font:.e of the place, on the borders of 
(]ie river Saran.ic, which emptieth its waters into lake 
Cbamplain. 

9 In the meantime, Downie, the chief captain of the 
fie^'t of nrisuiii ;;])on the lake, had prepared himself to 
assist Prevost ou a certain day appointed, 

10 Tv'^hen ])e was to come out against the fleet of 
Columbia, which was commanded by the gallant Mac» 
donotigh. 

11 Accordingly, it came to pass, on the appointed 
day, being the eleventh of the ninth month, in the one 
thousand eight hundred and fourteenth year of the 
Christian era, 

12 And tlu'ee hundred and sixty-five days after 01i» 
ver had captured the king's fleet on the waters of Erie, 

13 That the strong vessels of Britain appeared, with 
their sails spread, moving upon the bosom of lake 
Champlain, coming against the fleet of Columbia. 

14 Now it was in the morning, about the ninth liour.j 
when 31acdonough belield the fleet of Britain sailing 
boldly towards him. 

15 And it was so, that the vessels of Columbia 
were safely moored in the bay of Plattsburgh, whe^e 
they waited the approach of the enemy ; who were the 
Strongest hi numbers^ and in their engines of de^th- 



174 HISTORICAL 

16 However, when they were about a furlong off. 
Ihe}^ cast their arachors, and set theraselves in battle ar- 
ray, squadron again-t squadron. 

17 Now the sound of the battle-drum was heard 
along the lake, and the brave mariners shouted aloud 
for the fight. 

18 Then began their destreying engines to utter their' 
voices, and it was like unto the voice of mighty thun- 
ders. 

i 9 And the same hour, the armies on the shore be- 
gan the dreadful battle with their roaring engines. 

20 So that on the land and on the waters the fire and 
smoke were abundant, and the noise thereof was tre- 
mendous beyond measure. 

21 And the battle waxed hot, and the vessels of 
Downie fought bravely against the vessels of Macdon- 
ough : 

22 Nevertheless, tlie Lord of hosts favored the men 
of Columbia, and they overcame the servants of the 
king. 

23 For in about the space of three hours, the va- 
lunit Macdonough and his brave men, captured the 
whole fleet of Britain, save a kw gun-boats, that made 
good their escape. 

24 Now the killed and wounded of the king's fleet, 
were an himdred ninety and four ; and Downie, the 
chief captain, was amongst the slain. 

25 Moreover, the number of the captives of the 
men of Britain was about four hundred. 

26 Now Macdonough was a good man, neither was 
he full of boasting and Vaisi-glory : he arrogated to 



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himself no praise on account of his success, but ascribed 
tlie victory to the pleasure of the iilmiglity. 

27 And as it is written, in the word of the Lord, 

Do UNTO ALL MEN AS YE WOULD THEY SHOULD DO 

UNTO YOU, SO he took care of the prisoners, and eni' 
ployed skilful physicians to bind up the wounds of the 
maimed. 

28 Then were the children of Columbia exceedingly 
rejoiced 3 j^ea, their hearts were made glad ; and they 

h praised Macdonough for his noble deeds. 

f 29 Moreover, the great Sanhedrim honored him ; 
and a piece of land, which overlooketh the lake, was 

V given unto him, for an inheritance ; 

r 30 That, in his old age, and when he was Avell 
stricken in years, he might remember with joy the 
strength of his youth, and smile upon the spot, where 
fleet to fleet, he triumphed over the enemies of free- 
dom ; 

31 And where his children's children might point, 
and say, Tt was there the guardian angel of Co- 
lumbia permitted our father to humble the pride of 
Britainc 



Ito HISTORICAi 



CHAP. XLYII. 



BffMle of Flattshurgli — ckfeat of Sir George trt- 
vost. 



J_^ OW vvliile Macdonough was capturing the rnya'f 
^v^et of Britain, upon the lake, the gallant Macomb 
scattered destruction amidst the army of Prevost. 

2 And the battle raged with great violence, and the 
men of Britcin strove hard to }.as5 over the river called 
Saranac 5 

3 But the men of war of Columbia, who were upon 
the opposite side of the water, opposed them, and sle-i? 
L'hem with great slaughter. 

4 And the brave Grosvenor, and Hamilton, and 
Riley, and the gallant Cronk, drove tlrem back from 
crossing the bridges. 

5 Likewise, many were slain in the river, so that the 
waters of the Saranac were dyed with the blood of 
the servants of the king. 

6 But Macomb kept the engines at v.-ork ; and 
Brooks, ami I- ichards, and Smith, who were in the 
forts, displayed much valor, and caused the engines to 
vomit fire and smoii-e, and balls of heavy metal. 

7 Howsoever, when Prevost saw that the king's 
Heet was captured, he began to be di^ieartened, and his 
wl;ole army was amazed.. 



READER, 177 

6 Notwithstanding this, they continued to cast theT^ 
balls, and their rockets, and their bomb-shells, and their 
sliarpnells, with all their might. 

9 Now these sliarpnells were unknown even to the 
children of Columbia, for they were lately invented by 
the wise men of Britain. 

10 But the people of Columbia trusted in the 
strength of their arms, more than in the strength of 
these sliells, so they used them not. 

11 Nevertheless, the army of the king fought hard, 
with their battering-rams, against the strong hold of Co- 
lumbia, until the setting of the sun, when their noises 
were silenced by the brave band of Columbia. 

12 So the same night, Prevost, and the invincibles of 
'the king, fled towards the strong hold of Montreal ; 
leaving their sick and wounded behind to the mercy of 
the men of Columbia; destroying their provisions, whith 
in their haste they could not carry away. 

13 And the men of Columbia followed them a little 
way, and slew some, and made many captives. 

14 Thus were the men of war of Britain conquered 
in the north, army agaiost arm}^, fleet against fleet, and 
squadron against squadron. 

15 And the killed and wt)un ded of the army of the 
king that day, were about a thousand men ; and about 
tliree hundred who were tired of their bondage, left the 
service of the king,* and joined the banners of the great 
Sanhedrim. 

lo Now Macomb received much praise for his bra- 

* Deserters/. 
Q 



irs HISTORICAL 

very ; and his nsune shall be remembered by ages yet un- 
bor». 

17 Moreover, he spake well of all the officers and 
men who fought with him. 

18 And Mooers, who commanded the brave husband- 
men of New-York and Vermont, and Strong, the valiant 
chief captain of the men called volunteers, had great 
honor for their noble deeds. 

19 Likewise, Appling, and Wool, and Leonard and 
Sproul, distinguished themselves among the brave. 

20 But when the news of the capture of the fleet, and 
the defeat of their mighty army, reached the lords of 
Britain, they put their fingers in their ears, that they 
might not hear it. 

21 Neither would they believe it ; but when they^ 
found it was so of a truth, they were enraged out of 
measure. 

22 And their Wise men and their counsellors said, Lo! 
we have only been trifling with these Yankees ; now 
let us send forth a mighty fleet and an army to over- 
whelm them- 



READER-. .i7v 



CHAP. XLVm, 

Attack on Baltimore, by the British armf/, imiier Gen 
Ross, and the fleet under Admirals Cochrane an& 
Cockburn, 



N< 



OW when Ross and Cockburn returned from their 
barnhig and pillaffing;, and all the barbarities they com- 
mitted at Washington, the chief city, and the neighbor- 
hood thereof; 

2 Emboldened by the success of their unrighteous 
deeds, they gathered together their army and their navy, 
and essayed to go against the city of Baltimore, which 
Ueth in the state of Maryland ; 

3 That they might commit the like wickedness, in 
which they had taken so much pleasure at Hampton^ 
Ilavre-de-grace, and Washington. 

4 But they had a mightier place than Washington to 
go against ; for Baltimore is a great city, containing 
therein about fifty thousand souls, and the people had en- 
trenched it round about, and made it a strong place. 

5 So it came to pass, the next day after Macdonough 
had captured the fleet of Britain, on lake Champlain, 
being the twelfth day of the ninth month, 

6 That their vessels and transports came to a place 
•:ii!led North Po'nt^ wh'cV- l^-th :\< ♦^e month of the riv^ 



im HISTORICAL 

Petapsco, about an hundred furlongs from the City, and 
began to put their men of war upon the shore. 

7 And the number of their chosen fighting men, wha 
were landed, were about eight thousand. 

8 And when they were all moved out of the boats^ 
Ross, the chief captain, conducted them on towards'thi^ 
city. 

9 As they moved along their instruments of war glit- 
tered in the beams of the sun ; and the waving of theif 
squadrons was like unto the troubled waters of the 

ocean. 

10^ However, when they came to a place called 

Bear Creek, lo ! the army of Columbia met them in bat- 
tle array. 

1 1 For, when the gallant young men of Baltimore 
heard the rumor, that the soldiers of Britain were com- 
ing upon them ; 

12 With the spirit of freemen, they grasped their 
weapons of war in their hands, and went out to meet 
them without fear j resolved to conquer or to die.* 

13 For well they knew, that life would be a burthen 
to them, when their habitations were consumed with fire^ 
their parents slaughtered ^ and the innocence of their 
wives and sisters violated. 

1 4 Now the name of t'e chief captain of the army of 
Columbia v/as Samuel, whose sir-name was Smith :t 
a valiant man, who had fought in the days of Washington^ 
and gained much honor. 

- -— ■ ■ . ■ r ...» 

X 

* Altliougli it may be said the British were not cqiI" 
quered ; yet they icere defeated. 

t Gca, Smith, 



READER. Hi 

i J Moreover, Samuel was a man well stricken in 
years, and he had many brave captains under him 5 
■ oven Strieker, and Stansbury, and Winder were with 
him. 

16 Now it was somewhat after the mid-day when 
the engines of destruction began their roaring noises -; 

17 And the fire and smoke were vomited forth out 
of their mouths, so tiiat the light of the sun v/as hid ^ 
den by the means of the black clouds that filled the air. 

18 And their rockets, and all their instruments of 
death, which the sons of men have employed their un- 
derstandings to invent, were used abundantly. 

19 Now the battle waxed hot, and the gallant Strick- 
• er, and his brave men, fought hard : and it was a dread- 
Jul light, 

20 Inasmuch as the slain and wounded of tiie king 
tliat day, were about four hundred ; and the loss of th^ 
men of Columbia was two hundred. 

21 IVIoreover, Ross, the chief captain of the host of 
; Britain, was amongst the slain ; a boy, who had accom- 
panied his father to battle, had taken dreadful aim a^ 
Ross, with his rifle, .aiid killed him : 

22 And the people of Columbia grieved only be- 
. cause it was not Cockburn the wicked, who had fallen ; 

for a man, whose name was O'Boyle, had oHered five 
hundred pieces of silver for each of Ins ears. 

23 Nevertheless, the men of Columbia were not 
powerful enouf^h to overcome the servants of the king^ ; 
So they drew back into their entrenchments, and stron:"!^^ 
"holds, that were upon the high places round about tV 
City." 

Q 2 



iS2 HISTORICAL 

24 And Rogers, a«d Findley, and Harris, and 
Stiles were among the captains of the strong holds ; 
and were all faithfiil men. 

25 But it came to pass, the next day, when the men 
~ of Britain saw that tli€ men of Columbia were well 

prepared for battle, that they were afraid to go against 
the strong holds. 

26 So in the middle of the night, which was dark 
-and rainy, they departed from the place, and returned 
to their vessels, that they might escape the evil that was 
preparing for them. 

27 Moreever, they took the dead body of Koss, 
their chief captain, with them, and cast it into a vessel, 
,filled with the strong waters of Jamaica 3 

28 That the instrument of their wickedness might 
be preserved, and conveyed to the king, their master, 
and be buried in his own countr}^ 

29 Now it came to pass, in the meantime, that 
Cochrane, and Cockbm-n the wicked, the chief captain, 
of the mariners of the King, sailed up the river Petap- 
SCG, towards the strong hold of Fort M'Henry, to as- 
sail it 

30 Now the strong hold of M' Henry lieth about fif- 
teen furlongs from the city ; and the name of the chief 
captain thereof was Armistead, a man of courage : al- 
beit, he was sick. 

31 And when the strong vessels of the king drew 
nigh unto the fort, they cast their rockets and their 
bomb-shells into it plentifully, and strove hard to drive" 
the men of Columbia away. 



READER. 16^ 

32 But the gallant Armis lead let 'the destroying en- 
gines loose upon them without mercy ; and they cast 
out their thunders, winged with death, among x\% ser- 
vants of the king. 

33 The loud groans of their wounded floated upon 
the waters, with an awful horror that shocked the car 
of humanity. 

34 And it was so, that when Cockburn found he 
could not prevail against the strong hold, he also depart- 
ed from the river, neither c^me they* against the place 
<iny more.* 



* One cf the gallant defenders of Fort M'Hcnr// 
}ins celebrated t%is circumstance in deathless verse. 
His poetry is so exquisite, and his descriptions so pa- 
thetic, that we cannot resist the pleasure of presenting 
his stanzas to our readers. 

The Star-Spangled Banner. 

\ say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, 

What so proudly we haii'd at the twilight's last 
gleam inp, 
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the peA- 
lous fight, 
O'er the ramparts we watch 'd were so gallantly 
streaming ? 
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, 
Gave proof through \\\e niglit that our flag was still 
there ; 
O ! say, docs that star-spangled banner yet wav(^ 
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? 



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35 Now when tke men of Columbia heara tx.:... 
HosSj the chief captain of the king, was slain^ and the | 
host of Britain was compelled to fiee from before ^ ^ 
rity, they were exceedingly rejoiced. 



X)n the shore dimly seen through the mists of the 
deep, 
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence re- 
poses, 
What is that which the breeze, o'er the toweiing 
steep, 
As it fitfaiiy blows, half conceals, half discloses ? 
'Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam. 
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream. 

'Tis the star-spangled banner, O 1 long may It wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. 
And where is that band wlio so vauntingly swore 

That the havoc of war and the battle's confiisioi?^ 
A home and a country, should leave us no more ! 

Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pol- 
lution. 
No refuge could save the hireling and slave, 
From the terror of fliglit or the gloom of th.e giavc, 
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth 

wave. 
O'er the land of tlie free, and the home of the brave 
O ! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand, 

Between their lov'd home, and the war's desolatloiv 
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heaven rescuM 
land. 
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us ^ 
nation ! 
Then conquer we msjst, when our cause it is just, 
And this be our motto — ^^ In God is our trust ,•" 
And tiie star-spangleJ banner in triinnph shall 

w^ave 
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. 



READER. ISO 

36 And the brave de'frnd«^rs of Baltimore had 
'great praise and honor given them throughout the 

land. 

37 And the names of those v.ho fell in the contest, 
are they not written on the m.ruurnent which the grati- 
tude of the people oi Bald?iiore erected to the mf^mory 
ot lis defenders ? 



I%6 HISTORICAL 



CHAP. XLIX. 



D€Strd.ctio7i of the privateer Gen. Jrmsirong. S^r> 
uel C. Ready captain — Scorpion and Tigress cap- 
tured — U. S. frigate Adams burnt — Castine — 
Fort Boyer attached — destruction of the pirates 
at Barrataria, by Com. Patterson — Gen. Jackson 
captures PensacoIUf and returns to New Orleans 



N, 



OW the loud and frightful noise of war sounded 
upon the bosom of the great deep ; and the shores 
of Columbia knew no peace. 

2 The dreadful clangor of arms rung upon the land;, 
arid echoed from the mountains ; and the groans of suifer-' 
i^g victims floated in the air of heaven. 

3 But the Lord favored the people of Columbia, 
and their armies and their navy gained strength, and 
prosperity was showered upon them : the voice of 
war became familiar to those who where strangers t» 
it in times past, 

4 Now on the twenty-sixth day of the ninth month, be- 
ing in the, thirty and ninth year of American Indepen- 
dence, 

5 It camp to pass, that a certain private armed ves- 
sel of the people of Columbia, called the General 
Armstrong, command'^d b^^ Samuel^ whose sir-name 



READEH. m 

6 Had cast her anchors in the haven of Fayal, an 
island in the sea, which Heth towards the rising sunK, 
about two thousand miles from the land of Columbia ; 

7 A place where, two score and ten years ago, there 
was a mighty earthquake ; and where poisonous reptiles 
never dwell. 

8 And it was about the dusk of the evening when 
Samuel saw a number of the strong vessels of Britain 
hemming him in : so he drew nigh to the shore for 
safety, for the place was friendly to both powers. 

9 Nevertheless, the boats from the vessels of the king 
went against Samuel to take his vessel ; but with 
his weapons of war he drove them off and slew numbers 
of them, so that they were glad to escape to their 
strong ships. 

10 However, they quickly returned with a greater 
number of boats, and about four hundred men ; •.nd Sa 
muel saw them, and prepared to meet them. 

11 The silver beams of the moon danced upon the 
gently rolling waves of the ocean, and the sound of 
the oar again broke the sweet silence of night. 

12 But, when they came nigh the vessel of Samuel., 
the men of Columbia poured out destruction upou them 
with a plentiful hand j i^ 

13 Inasmuch as they were again compelled to de- 
part to t:icii strong vessels \\Ith dreadful loss. 

14 However, about the dawning of the day, one of 
the strong vessels, called the Carnation, came agahibt 
the vessel of Columbia, and kt her destroying engines 
loose with great fury. 

15 Now Lloyd, who commanded the Flantagenet 



188 HISTORICAL 

was the chief captain of the ^ing, in the place 5 and he 
violated the law of nations. 

16 So, when Samuel saw that the whole fleet of 
Britain were bent on destroying his vessel, in defiance 
of the plighted honor of nations, he ordered her to be 
sunk. 

17 After which he and his brave mariners deserted 
her, and went upon tlie shore 5 and the servants of the 
king came and burnt her with fire in the neutral port of 
Fayal. 

18 Nevertheless, they received the reward of their 
unrighteousness, for much damage was done to their 
vessels, and their slain und wounded were tvv^o hundred 
two score and ten. 

19 Of the people of Columbia two only weiQ slain 
and seven maimed .' ! 

20 And the valiant deeds of Samuel gained him a 
name amoDgst the brave men of Columbia. 

21 ^■iow, ia the same month, the Scorpion and the 
rigrcij, twa nghting vessels of Columbia, OiJ lake Hu- 
ron, were capiureJ by the men of Britain. 

22 Likewise, about this time, there were numerous 
other evils thai befel the sons of Columbia; 

23 •Inasmuch as a brave captain, whose sir-nanie was 
Monii, was obliged to consume his ship with fire, 
icst ske should fall ihto the hands of the enemy; and 
she was called tiie Adams.* 

24 Now tiiis was at a place called Castine, which 
^vas forcibly occupied by the strong ships of Eritain,. 



» T) 



S. frigate Adams, 



READER. 189 

and lieth iw the east, In the District of Maine : more- 
over, It became a watering place for the servants of the 
king. 

23 But when James, the chief governor, and the 
great Sanh<3drlni, knew thereof, they sent word to the 
governor, and offered him soldiers to drive them from 
the borders of Columbia ; 

26 But, lo ! the governor, even Caleb the Strong, 
refused his aid, for lie was afraid of the wrath of the 
king of Britain.* 

27 (Now Caleb, in the Hebrew tongue, signlfieth a 
dog ; but, verily, this dog was faithless.) 

28 Moreover, it came to pass, about the same time, 
that the strong hoiil of Fort Boyer, being at a place 
called Mobile-poinr, was attacked by the strong ships- 
of Britain. 

2iJ Nov/ Mobile had lately been the head quarters' 
and the resting-place of the army of Jackson tlie 
.biave ; 

SO But tlie enemies of Columbia had become tumul- 
tuous at a place called by the Spaniards, Fensacola, 
whither he had departed to quell them ; 

31 So that the fort was defended by only a handful 
of men, conunanded by the gallant Lawrence. 

32 And the immes of the vessels o( tiie king, that 
assailed the fort, were the Hermes, the Cijaron, and 
the Sophie, besides other fighting vessels ; which open- 
ed their tires upon the strong hold. 

33 Nevertheless, Lawrence was not dismayed, a!- 



* See the^ letter of Sec. Mo7irocy and Strong- s answer. 
R 



*00 HISTORICAL 

though Woodbine,* the white savage, came in Iiiis 
rear, with one of the destroying engines and a howitzer, 
^n instrument of Satan, and about two hundred savages. 

34 So when Lawrence let his engines of death 
loose upon them, and had showered the whizzing balls 
amongst them, for about the space of three hours, they 
fled. 

35 And the slaughter on board the ships was dread- 
ful ; and about three hundred of tiie men of Britain 
were sJain, and the Hermes was blown out of the wa- 
ter into the air with an awful noise. 

SQ The loss of the people of Columbia that day, 
Was four slain and five maimed. 

37 About this time a band of sea-robbers and pi^ 
rates, who had established themselves upon the island 
q{ Barrataria, were committing great wickedness and 
depredations 5 and were ready to assist the men of | 
Britain. 

38 But a valiant man, called Daniel, sir-named 
Patterson, went against them with his small fighting 
vessels,! and scattered them abroad, and took their 
vessels, and destroyed their petty establishment of sea- 
robbery. 

39 Now it came to pass, when Jackson heard that 
Pensacola, the capital of West-Florida, had become 
a resting-place for the enemies of Columbia ; and that 
the men of Britain occupied the place, and had built 
ihem a strong hold thei'ein j 



* The cekbrated Capt. Woodbine^ of the British navp, 
t Gun-boats^ 



i 

READfin. 191 

40 Prom whence they sent forth the weapons of 
war, and the black dust among the savages, to destroy 
the people of Columbia ; and that the servants of the 
king of Spain v/ere afraid to prevent the wickedness 
thereof 5 

41 Behold! he, even Jackson, went out against the 
place v/ith a band of five thousand fightin^: men, the 
brave sons of Tennessee and other parts of Columbia. 

42 And it was early in ths morning of tJie seventh 
day of the eleventh month, when the host of Columbia 
appeared before the walls of Pensacola. 

43 And immediately Jackson sat the engines of de- 
struction to work ; and the smoke thereof obscured the 
weapons of war. 

44 Now when the governor of the place heard thfe 
Doise of the engines of death and the clashing of arms| 
he was smitten with fear ; 

45 Insomuch that Jackson, the chief captain, who 
with his army had encompassed the place, quickly 
compelled him to surrender the town, and beg for mer- 
cy 5 which was granted unto him and his people, evea 
the Spaniards. 

46 JNow when the men of Britain saw this, they put 
the match to the black dust in their strong hold, and it 
rent the air with a tremendous noise. 

47 After whioh they fled from the land inta their 
strong ships, that were in the haven of Pensacola. 

48 And Jackson, having accomplished his purpose, 
returned with his army, in triumph, to the city of New** 
Orleans, on the second day of the twelfth montlK 



192 HISTORICAL 



CHAP. L, 



Steam-boats — Fulton — torpedoes — aticmpt to blow up 
the Vlantagenet — kidnapping Joshua Fenny, 



'N 



OW, it happened that, in the land of Colunobia, 
there arose up wise and learned men, whose cunning 
had contrived and invented many useful things. 

2 Among these there appeared one whose ingenuity 
was exceedingly great, inasmuch as it astonished all the 
iriliabitants of the earth : 

3 Now the name of this man was Robert, sir-named 
Fulton ; but the cold hand of death fell upon him, and 
he slept with his fathers, on the twenty and third day of 
llie second month of the eighteen hundred and fifteenth 
year of the Christian era. 

4 However, th« things which he brought into practice 
m his life time will be recorded, and his name spoken 
of by generations yet unborn. 

5 Although, like other men of genius, in these days^ 
he was spoken of but slightly at first ; for the people 
said, Lo ! the man is beside himself ! and they laughed 
at him 5 nevertheless, he exceeded their expectations. 

6 For it came to pass, that (assisted by Livingston, 
a man of wealth, and a lover of arts and learning) he 
was enabled to construct certain curious vessel-s, calleil. 
ih the vernacular tonguoj steam-boat5f 



READER. 193 

7 Now these steam-boats were cunningly contrived, 
aad had abundance of curious workmanship therein^ 
sucli as surpassed the comprehension of all the wise 
men of the east, from the beginning to this day. 

S flowbeit, they were fashioned somewhat like unto 
the first vessel that lloated upon the waters, which was 
the ark of Noah, tlie ninth descendant from Adam 5 

o AimI that they might heat the water which produ- 
ced the steam, there was a fiery furnace placed in the 
inid.>t of the vessels, and the smoke issued fromvthetops 
1 hereof. 

10 ^loreover, they had, as it were, wlieels v/ithiif 
Vr'h'^cls : and they moved fast upon the vraters, even 
sg'iinst the v.'ind and tlie tide. 

1 1 And they first b-?gan to move upon the great 
vivor iludson, passing to and fro, from New-York to 
AliKiny, in the north, conveying the people hither and 
ihithcr in safety. 

12 But when the sroffers, the enemies of Fulton, 
and the gaiiisayers, saw that the boats moved pleasantly 
iipon the river, they began to be ashamed of their own 
i-inoianre and stupidity, and were fain to get into the 
boats themselves ; after which, instead of laughingj 
they ga})ed at tlie inventor with astonishment. 

13 And it can-ie to pass, that the great Sanhedrim 
were pleased witit tUc thing, inasmuch as they directed 
a figlitiug vessel of CcJiimbia to be built after this man- 
ner. 

14 So a vciisel was ijuiit to carry tlie des!roying en- 
ghies, even a steam irigatc, and they called the name 
tl>ereof Fulton tJie First : 

15 And certain skilkd men wore appoiuied comism- 

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im mSTORICAL 

sloners to construct this new and dreadful engine of de- 
struction. 

16 And Samuel, a philosopher, sir-named Mitchel, 
a citizen of New- York, wa« one of tlie commissioners *; 
also, Rutgers, and Morris, and VVolcot, and Dearborn, 
were other commissioners ; and they all gave their ser- 
vices freely for the good of their country. 

17 Now she was equipped with thirty of the engines 
of destruction ; and the weight of a ball that they vom- 
ited forth was about a thousand shekels. 

18 And, when the movement of the frigate was seen 
o» the riveir, she was as a strong floating battery upon th© 
waters, terrible as death. 

19 And the length thereof was about^n hundred cu,* 
bits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : 

20 Moreoveu, as they had no gophar-wood, they 
teuUt the vessel partly of the locust-tree, asrd partly of 
the majestic oak that flourishes in the extensive forests 
of Columbia. 

21 But it came to pass, when the wise men and the 
people of Britain heard of this steam frigate^, they were? 
seized with astonishment and fright ; inasmuch as it ber 
came a monster in their imaginations. 

22 And they spake concerning it, saying, Lo ! the* 
length of this wonder of the world, which hath been in- 
vented by these cunning Yankees, is about two hundred" 
cubits, and the breadth thereof an hundred thirty and 
five cubits : 

23 The number of her destroying engines is very 
great ; and the weight of a ball which she vomitetK 
forth, IS about a tliousaud fiv« h^fedi-ed two scotelwi^ 
t^ sliekds'; 



READtR. l<?5 

24 Moreover, said they, she Is prepared to Cast 
forth scalding water in showers upon the servants of 
llie king, which wilf deform their countenances and 
spoil their beauty : 

25 Likewise, they have prepared her with two-edged- 
swords, which, by means of the steam of the vessel, 
issue like liglitning out of her sides. 

26 And now, also, the cunning and witchcraft &f 
these Yankees, these sons of Belial, these children of 
Beelzebub, have invented another instrument of de- 
struction, more subtile than all the rest ; 

27 Yea, these are mighty evil things, and they are- 
called torpedoes, which may be said to signify sleeping 
devils ; which come, as a thief in the night, to destroy 
t^e servants of the king ; and were contrived by thai 
■arch fiend, whose name was Fultom 

28 Now these wonderful torpedoes were made partly 
&f brass and partly of iron, and were cunningly con- 
trived with curious works, like unto a clock 5 aud as h 
vere a large ball. 

29 And, after they were prepared, and a great 
quantity of the black dust put tlierein, they were let 
down into the water, nigh unto the strong shij>s, with 
liitent to destroy them ; 

30 And it was so, that when they struck against tli^ 
bottom of the ship, the black dust in th'e torpedp 
would catch fire, and burst forth with tremendous roajv, 
disting the vessel out of the waters ajad bursting hej?r 
in twain. 

31 New these torpedoes were brought into practice 
Slicing the war^ although the war c«is^jd before they di«1- 



i^a HISTORlCxiL 

that destruction to the eaemies of Columbiaj for which 
they '.vere intended. 

32 However, ti certain man of courage and enter- 
prlze, whose name was Mix, prepared one of the 
torpedoes, and put it into the waters of the deep, at 
a place called Lyn-Haven Bay, at the mouth of the 
?2:reat bay of Chesapeake, nigh unto the town of Nor- 
folk, in the state of Virginia ; 

:yj And it moved towards a strong ship of Britain, 
called the Piantagenet, after one of the former princes 
oi England 5 but an accident happened a little before 
ft reached the vessel, and burst it asunder in tlie waters 
with a tremendous noise ; 

Hi And spouted tlie water up into the air, as dotli 
the mighty whale, and the sound thereof was, as it 
were the voice of tnunder j 

35 And the servants of the king were frightened 
horribly by the means thereof ; after which they treni'* 
bled at the name torpedo ! — and were obliged to guard 
their vessels in the night, and put a double watch upon 
them ; 

36 Moreover, they condemned this mode of warfare,^ 
saying : Veril}', this is a foai fashion of fighting ; inas- 
much as by your cunning ye Yankees take the advan- 
taf>-e of us ; and the thing is new unto us. 

37 But they had wilfully forgotten, that in the life, 
time of Fulton, they had offered him ibrty thousand 
pieces of gold, if he would bring these torj^jedoes into^ 
practice in their own country, that they might use them 
against the Gauls,* with whom tliey warred coutinu- 

* TJih' teas about the thne of the Bowogne-fiotiUa. 



* READEli. 197 

ally for more than twenty years : Ilowbelt they proved 
faithless to Fulton, and so he did it not for them. 

oS Moreover, it came to pass, that a certain man. a 
pilot, even Joshua, sir-named Fenny, l^eoame a victim 
of their spite, because he attempted to go ajrainst them 
with the torpedoes to drive them out of the waters ^ 
Columbia. 

39 Now Joshua lived at a place called East Hamp- 
ton, being at the east end of Long Island, near Gard^ 
ner's Island, opposite New London. 

40 And the men of Britain came to his house in the 
night, and stole him away, even out of his bed, and car- 
ried him on board a vessel of the king, called the Ra- 
milies, from whence he was conveyed to Halifax, in the 
province of Nova Scotia. 

4 Now while Joshua remained in the dungeons of 
the king he was treated with the inhospitality of barba- 
rians ; moreover, they strove to lead him astray : but 
fee proved faithful to his God and to his country j for 
he had known the wickedness of Britain in times 
past.* 

43 However, they kept him in bondage manj^ 
months, after which they suffered him to go to his own 
country. 

43 For the chief governor of the land of Columbia 
aadtlie great Sanhedrim, in their wisdom, had ordered 



* Joshua Venvy had hccn, jyrn'iotis to the war, inv- 
pressed in th?. Briikh service^ and kept in ?■ a number 
of I/cars'! 



198 HISTORICAL 

two of the servants of the king to be taken and held as 
hostages for his safe return 5 and, but for this thing, 
they would have hanged lum, even as a man hangeth & 



BEADER. ^ 



CHAP. LI. 



Jffairs in and about Neiv-Yorky the first commercial 
city in America— icorhing on the fortifications of 
Brooklyn and Hacrlem — capture of the British 
lender Eagle, by the Yankee smack. 

i^ OW, as good sometimes cometh out of evil, so 
the people of New-York, a great city, which lieth at 
the mouth of the river Hudson, nigh the sea coast, and 
containeth more than an hundred thousand souls, 

2 When they beheld the wickedness that was com- 
mitted by the servants of the king, to the south and 
round about, began to bestir themselves, and prepare 
for the dangers with .which they were likely to be en- 
compassed : 

3 So it came to pass, that the husbandmen from the 
surrounding country gathered together, and pitched 
their tents hard by the city. 

4 And the number that came to the defence of the 
place was about thirty thousand valiant men ; moreover 
there were about five thousand husbandmen from the 
$tate of New- Jersey,* 



• The exertions of Daniel D. Thompkins, governor 
of the state of N. York^ at this time, tpUl long be re^ 
THembered by the people. 



200 HISTORICAL 

5 Now these men were called Jersey Blues, and 
;hey were encamped partly at Paules Hook, and part- 
ly at a place called the JNarrews, which lieth to the 
south of the city about an hundred inrlongs, where the 
destroying engines were placed in multitudes. 

6 And when the term of the engagement oi these 
jTijen of Jersey expired, they grieved o»dy that their 
time was spent for nought ; for they were ready and 
well prepared to meet the servants of the king. 

7 iSevertlieles?, it was so that the freemen who came 
to the defence of the city, budt strong holds and forts, 
iind raised up fortifications in abundance, inasmuch as 
ihe whole place was as it were one carrsp. 

8 Moreover, on l.Ve tenth day of the eighth month, 
'Ai the eighteen Inmdred and fourteenth year, the inhabi- 
tants assembled together in the midst of the city, even 
in a place mailed tiie Park, where the Federal Uiul, a 
superb eailicc, rears its majestic f^ont ; within the walls 
of which the vvise men, the expounders of the law^ 
preside, and deliberate for the bene 'it of tiie people. 

9 Now it Wc!S about the l-v:ifih hour o* the day 
when the people b'v.r; to galier themselves together; 
iind, from the p-.r-h ,>f ihe hall, the aged Wiliet,* with 
tiie star-spanidou banrier of Columbia waving over' 
[lis silvery he^d^ aridassed the surrounding multitude. 

i«"> And the j^^'.ople shouted with a loud voice, for 
the words of his mouth were pleasant to the sons of 
Liberty, and v/ere in this wise :. 



Col Jr:iLi, of Nac-Yorl\ 



READER. 2m. 

11 Lo ! three score and fourteen years have broughi ■ 
with them their bodily infirmities ; but were my strength. 
&s unimpaired as my love for my country, and that 
soul which still animates me, ye would not have found' 
me in the forum, but in the midst of the battle, fight- 
ing against the enemies of freedom. 

12 Thus did he encourage the people to prepare 
themselves for the protection of the city. 

13 And certain wise men were appointed by the: 
people to bring these things into operation.* 

14 So the people began to fortif}^ themselves and. 
entrench the higil places round about the city. 

15 And when they went out in its defence, to build 
tlieir strong holds and to raise iip their battlements ; 
lo ! the steam-boats of Fuhon conveyed them thither j^ 
about a thousand at a time, even towards the heights of, 
Brooklyn in the east, and tiie lieights of Haerlem in the 
north. 

10 The young and the old, the rich and the poor., 
went out together ; and took with them their bread and 
their wine; and, cast up the earth for the defence of 
the place, freely, and without cost to the state.t 

17 i^Jid wheji they went into the boats to crossover 
the river, there was loud shouting in the boats and orr 
the shore. 



* Co'/nr/iittee of s€ifetify composed, of the AldermeK 
of the city, and their assistants. 

t The services rendered on this occasion, by that rc^-. 
spcctable class of citizens, the firemen of ns;'^ - 
\m\K, icere particularly coiispimous. 



20S^ HISTORICAL 

18 Moreover, as they passed aloHg up tlie Hudsojty 
towards the heights of Haerlem, the fair daughters of 
Columbia; with hearts glowing with patriotism, waved 
their lily hands in token of applause. 

19 Likewise, bands of men came from the neigh- 
bom-hood round about ; even from Newark, and Pat" 
ticrson, raid Paules Hook, which lie in the state of New- 
Jersey. 

20 They had also captains appointed over their 
bands ; and Abraham and Da,vid were two among the 
captains.* 

21 Now Abraham, with his band, came a great wayj 
even from the town of Patterson, where the wonderful 
ivaterfalls pour headlong over the rocky mountains, re=' 
fleeting in the sun a thousand brilliant rainbows. 

22 Thus for an hundred days did the people of New- 
York prepare themselves for danger, and cast up en- 
trenchments for many furlongs round about the city ; 
so that the people of Britain were afraid to go against it.f 



* Major Godwin and Major Hunt. 

t So great was tlie enthusiasm of the people in con- 
irihuting their personal services to the erection of for- 
tifications on the heights of Huerlem and Brooklyn , 
that scarcdy could an individual he found in the po-^ 
puJous city of Nciv^Yorl., from hoary age to tender 
youth, capable of using a mattock or a spade, who did 
not volunteer his services in this ivork of patriotism. 
Even the Ladies ivere constrictions in aiding and 
cheering the labours of their FatherSy their Husbands, 
their Brothers, and their Children. Amongst others, 
the numerous societies of Freemasons joined in a body, 
und headed hy their Grand -Master,* who ivas also 

■^ Hon De Wilt GliDtcs, aow goyercor of tbe state of New-York, 



READER. 20^ 

23 Nevertheless the strong ships of war of Britain 
moved upon the waters of the ocean around the place 
ii numbers, but they were afraid to approach the city 5 
or when they came nigh, the men of Columbia let the 
aestroyiiig engines loose upon them^ even those that 



Mayor of the city, proceeded to BrooJdyn,.a:id assist- 
ed very spiritedly in its defence. On this occasion 
an elderly gentleman, one of the order, ivho had two 
sons (his only childreti) in the service of his country, 
one of them highly distinguished during the war for 
his loounds and his bravery, sung thefoUoicing stanzas^ 
in his own character of Mason and Father^ whilst the 
Lodges were at refreshment : 

I. 

Hail, Ckiidreii of light ! whom the Charities send, 
Where the bloodhounds of Britain are shortly ex- 
pected ; 
Who, your country, your wives, your firesides to defend, 
On the summit of Biuoklyn have ramparts erected i 
Firm and true to the trade, 
Continue your aid. 
Till the top-stone with shouting triumphant is laid^ 
The free and accepted will never despT,ir, 
Led on by their worthy Grand Master and Ma ^ ; 

II. 
For me, whose dismissal must shortly arrive, 

To Heav'n I prefer this my fervent petition : 
^•' May I never America's freedom survive, 

^^ Nor behold her disgrac'd by a shameful submission:: 
'^ And, though righteously steel'd, 
^'' If at last she must yield, 
'* May my sous do their duty, and die in the held :" 
ilut the free and accepted will never despair, 
f.ed on bv th.-ir worthy Grand Master and Mayor. 



^04 HKTORICAL 

vomited forth whizzing balls, like shooting stars, red 
irom the fiery furnace. 

24 Notwithstanding, the haughty captains of the 
ships of Britain would send in their boats to rob the 
market-men and the fishermen : howbeit, they were 
sometimes entrapped. 

25 For it came to pass, upon a certain day, that the 
Poictiers, a mighty sliip of the king, lying at a place 
tailed Sandy-Hook, sent out one of her tenders, even 
the Eagle, in -search of this kind of plunder : 

it'c 26 Whereupon, a fishing boat of Columbia, called 
the Yankee, under the direction of a chief captaia 
called Lewis,* prepared herself with a number of men 
to entrap the Eagle. 

27 So they took a fatted calf, a bleating lamb, and 
a noisy goose, and placed them upon the deck of the 
boat ; and when the servants of the king came nigh 
the Yankee, thinking they were about to be treated 
handsomely with the good things of the land of Co- 
lumbia, their hearts w^re rejoiced ^ 

28 x\nd they commanded the vessel called the Yan- 
kee to follow after them, towards the ship of the king, 
their master ; but at this moment the men of Columbia 
arose up from their hiding-places in the hold of the 
boat, and shot into the vessel of Britain. 

29 At t:ie sou id of \^\)\-.:h ihey were so nstonished, 
that they forgot to put the match to the black dust of 



* Convnodore Leuns, commaJider of the flotilla in 
the harbor of New.York — Sailing-master Percivat 
galkinthj conducted this e.v^jcdition. 



HEADER. 205 

ihe huge howitzer, a destructive engine made of brass^ 
which they had prepared to destroy the men of Colum- 
bia. 

30 So they were confused, and surrendered the Ea- 
gle up to the Yankee. 

31 And as they came up to the city, before the Bat- 
tery, which is a beautiful place to the south thereof, the 
tliousands who were assevnbled there, to celebrate the 
Columbian Jubilee,* rent the air with loud shouts of 

whilst the roaring engines echoed to the skies. 
Thus was tlni hiiiib preserved, and the proud and 
r.ip.aing men of Britain outwitted with a fatted calf and 
2 Yankee goose. 



.' ' 

.'V? 



American niiejjcnciiiict 



SOS - HISTORICiVL 



CHAP. LII. 



4ffairs &n the ocean — privateer Prince of NcKfc^iO- 
tel — Marquis of Tweedole ciefecttcd in Upper Cana- 
da — Capture of the President — loss of the Sylph 
— Capture offks Cyane and the Levant hy the Con- 
stitution — -capture of the St. Laivrence — captui^ 
of the Penguin hy the Hornet^ captain Bidrlle. 



S' 



'TILL there was no peace, and the evils of war 
continued on the face of the deeo^ and the waters 
thereof were encrimsoned with the blood of man. 

2 Arid it came to pasSj on the eleventh day of the, 
tenth month, in the eighteen hundred and fourteenth 
year, that there was a sore battle fought between five 
barges from the Endymion, a strong ship of the king, 
and a privateer, called the Piince of Neufchatel, com= 
manded by the valiant Ordonneaux, a man of Gaul. 

3 Moreover., the number of the men of Britain 
were threefold greater than the people of Columbia^ 
and the fight happened near unto a place called Nan- 
tucket, in the east, journeying towards Boston. 

4 Now they sat their engines to work with dreadfti! 
violence; but in about the third part of an hour the 
barges of the kmg's ship were overcome ; and more 

.than three score and ten of the men of Britain were 



READER. 207 

■■'inin and mr,irned : the loss in the privatrrr vvas sb: 
slahij and aboat a score wouiul-'d. 

5 Now this battle hnpj-jened iu {\:e sime month in 
which more than a thousand men of ihe warriors ot' 
Ijritain, commanded by the Mar<:i;is of Tweednle''. 
were 'Jefeuted at B{;ic'v Cieek, in IJpner Canada, and 
driven to their strong holds by the men of Cohambiaj 
under the gallant Bissel *, 

6 Ten days after wh^ch the steam frio-pJ.e, Fulton 
tlte First; was.launched forth into the waters at New- 
Y^rk. 

7 And it came to pass, on the fifteenth day of the 
fn'st month of tlie next year, tliat one of the tali ships 
of Columbia fell into the hands of the servants of the 
king ; 

8 And she was called the Fresident, afier ihe title 
of the chief magistrate of the land of Cokunbia; more- 
over, she was commanded by the gallant Decatur, 

9 Who, but for an accident that befel his sliip the day 
before,! whilst he was moving out of the harbor of 
New- York, would have outsailed the fleet of Britain, and 
'^scaped, as did tVie brave and persevering Hull, of the 
Constitution, in the first year of the war.j 

10 Nevertheless, it was so, that Decatur was, as it 
vere, surrounded by the ehips of the king, even five 



* Gen. Bissel. 

t She icas injurGcl by grounding ojf Sandy Hook. 
\ Commodore Hull, m this ajfair, gained much aj^ 
plauscyfor his manccuvres.in escaj)ing from the ISriii&h 

fleet. 



^S HISTORICAL 

or*' tliem ; so one of the vessels, called the £nd3'mlGi: 
fell iipoii him, ami Decatur feiight hard against her, and 
-w'OLild liave taken her ; 

11 But the rest of the strong ships carae down upon 
him, and opened their thundering engines, and com- 
pelled hiai to surrender Iiis skip to the fleet of Britain. 

12 However, it was a bloody figirt ; and there fell 
of the men of Columbia that day twenty and four that 
were slain outright, and about two score and ten were 
maimed, after having kept the destroying engines to 
work about the space of three hours : howbeit, Decatur 
l^ost no honor thereby. 

13 Two days after this, a strong vessel of the king, 
called the Sylph, was cast away, in a dreadful storm, 
at a place called ^Southampton, being on Long-Islant^, 
-Nvhere more than an hundred men of Britain perislied, 
•in the dead of the night; and tlie vessel parted asunder 
and was lost. 

14 Moreover, there were six of the men of Britain 
ivlio survived their brethren, and were preserved on 
pieces of the wreck, until the next day, when the 
nei^rhbourins^ people tsok them into their houses and 
nourished them ; 

15 And, when tliey were sufficienfly recovered, tlsat 
misfortune miglit not bear too heavy upon them, thr-y 
were clad, aud silver given to tlum, and they were 
sent to their own country, at the expense of the people 
of Columbia. 

16 (Ciessecl are the merciful, for -they shall obtain 
;mercy, saith the scripture.) 

If Now it came to pass, in these days, whilst the 
^aet of C.iitain captured the vessels of Columbia, ^vhrn 



.HEADER, m 

they cauj^Ut them singly upon the ocean, that (he single 
ships of Columbia began to capture the ships of Britain 
by pairs : 

18 Inasmuch as it happened on the twentieth day 
®f the second month of the same year, that a certain 
strong vessel called the Constitution, commanded by 
the brave Stewart, fell in with two of the strong ships 
of the king, and compelled them both, in the space of 
forty minutes, to strike the red cross of Britaiii to the 
stars of Columbia. 

19 And the slain and wounded of the king's ships 
were seventy and seven; of the men of Columbia 
three were slain and twelve maimed : and the names 
of the vessels of Britain were the Cyane and the Le- 
vant ; but the Levant was retaken in a neutral port,* 
by two strong ships of the king.t 

20 Now the vahant Stewart and his brave men gat 
great praise for their deeds, even the great Sanhedrim 
of the people honored them, and gave them tweaty 
thousand pieces of silver. 

21 In the same month the gallant Boyle, command- 
ing the privateer Chasseur, captured the St. Lawrence, 
a fighting vessel of the king, in the fourth part of an 
hour. 

22 And the killed and wounded of the St. Law- 
rence were thirty and eighty, and the Chasseur had five 
lA^in and eigiit maimed. 

23 Moreover, it came to pass, on the tv/eiity-third 
day of the next montii, that another fighting vessel of 

* Forto Prava. | Acasta and Ncivcastk. 



mo HISTORICAL 

the king, called the Penguin, was taken by the Hornet^ 
a strong vessel of Columbia, commanded by a man of 
valor, whose sir-name was Biddle. 

24 However, the battle was a bloody one, and the 
vessels kept their engines of destruction fiercely in 
motion, for about the space of half an hour before 
the Hag of Britain was lowered to the stripes of Colum- 
bia. 

25 And the slaughter was great 5 for there fell of 
the men of Britain two score and one ; but the slain of 
Columbia was only one, and the maimed were eleven. 

26 And Biddle was honored greatly for his cou' 
rage : 

27 But this was the last sea-fight of importancej be« 
ing near the close of the war. 

28 Now about this time the navy of Columbia had 
increased more than fourfold, and the fame thereof had 
extended to all nations. 

29 For, though Columbia was young, even as it 
were in the gristle of her youth • yet she now began 
to resume the appearance? and display the vigor of 
manhood.. 



HEADER. 21 « 



CHAP. LIII. 

British jleet arrives near 'New-Orleans — Me Anieri^,< 
can flotilla captured- — attacks by the Briikh vpon 
the army of Gen. Jackson, 



N, 



OW, when the lords and the counsellors^ and the 
wise men of Britain, heard of all the tribulations that; 
befel them in the land of Columbia, they were troubled 
in their minds. 

2 And as they had made what they called a demon- 
stration at BaltimorCj they bethought themselves of ma- 
king another demonstration in the south. 

3 (Now the true signification, in the vernacular 
iongue, of the word demonstration, had always been 
familiar to the chihh'en of Columbia; but the new in- 
terpretation, although it wounded the pride of Britain, 
tickled the sons of Columbia ; for, as the world must 
think to this day, so they could only construe it, an oc- 
ular demonstration of British folly.) 

4 So it came to pass, that they gathered together 
their army and. their navy, even two score and ten 
fighting vessels, carrying 'herein about twenty thousand 
men of war; and the name of the chief captain of the 
navy was Cochrane ; and the chief captains of th^ 
army were Pakenham, Gibbs, and Kcane. 



212 HISTORICAL 

5 And they essayed to go against the city of New- 
Orleans, which lieth to the south, on the borders of the 
great river Mississippi ^ in the state of Louisiana, which 
was covenanted in good faith, to^he United States in 
the days when Jefferson presided as chief governor of 
the land of Columbia. 

6 But it came to pass, that Jackson, y/hen he had 
returned from the capture of Pensacola, where he cc??li- 
ed up the bottles of iniquity tlmt v/ere ready to be emp- 
ried out upon the men of Columbia, 

7 Had arrived with his army at Now-Orleans,^ he 
began to fortify the place, for he heard it noised abroad 
that the king was b-'ut upon taking the city. 

8 About this time, juckson communed with Clai- 
borne the governov, toutliing the matter; and as his 
men of war were but few, the vtliant husbandmen of 
Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and the Mississippi 
Territory, were informed of the evil, and accordingly 
they flocked in multitudes to the banners of Jackson. 

9 Now, as Jackson and Claiborne had counted - 
upon the arrival of the strong ships of Britain, so it 
happened, in the latter part of the eighteen hundred and 
fourteenth year, that they made their appearance, even 
in the twelfth mouth of the year. 

10 And it was so, that when thev had come as mgh 
3S3 they could unto the city with their iieavy ships, some 
of which carried an hundred of the destroj'ing engiKcs,, 
they cast anchor : 

11 And lo, after having pas^e-d a certain dangerous 
place called Pass Christian, they prepared their boats^ 
coiitain-ing more than a thousand men, and sent thcnv 



READER. 213 

iu gi'GiU liunibors against the boats of Columbia that 
were upon the waters of the lakes about the city.* 

12 Now these small vessels of Columbia were com- 
manded by Tliomas, a brave man, whose sir-name was 
Jouc?:, and he gave them hindrance. 

13 Nevertheless, in the space of about two hours, 
the boats of Columbia were captured by the vessels of 
Britain, one after another, until they were all taken : 
liowever, the mariners of Columbia fought well, and 
gained great praise ; and the loss of the king was 
about throe hundred. 

14 Now the capture of the gun-boats of the United 
States upon these waters encouraged the servants of the 
king, so they began to land their mighty army upon the 
shores of Columbia in great multitudes from their boats : 

15 And they pitched tlieii' tents, and cast up fortifi- 
cations, and prepared to assail the strong hold of Jack- 
son, the chief captain. 

16 And, that the host of Britain might be discom- 
fited at tlie onset, Jackson went out with his army 
against tliein ; but the men of war of the king were 
twofold greater than the men of Columbia, so Jackson 
A^as unable to drive them away. 

17 However, he fought bravely against them, and 
slew numbers of them ; albeit, the slain and maimed 
of Columbia were about two hundred; so Jacksoii 
drew back to his entrenchmenis, and strengthened him- 
self there. 



* L^ikcs Boi'gnc and Fonchartrain. 
T 



21^ HISTORICAL 

18 Now this happened on the twenty and third day- 
of the twefth month, in the eighteen hundred and four- 
teenth year. 

19 And it came to pass, on the twenty-seventh day. 
of the same month, that a fighting vessel of the United 
States, called the Caroline, commanded by Daniel, was 
set fire to, and blown up, by the heated balls of the 
king's fiery furnace. 

20 Oil the next day,- the whole host of Britain gather- 
ed themselves together, and with their might went 
against the strong hold of Jackson. 

21 But Jackson let the destroying engines loose upon 
tiie servants of Britain, and compelled them to returrr 
to their encampments with great loss, even an hundred- 
and two score. 

22 Nevertheless, on the first day of the first month 
©f the eighteen hundred and fifteenth year, the men of 
war of Britain came again, and strove to dislodge the 
army of Jackson ; but again they were deceived, and' 
lost about an hundred men. 

23 At this time there arrived to the aid of Jackson 
about two thousand five hundred valiant men, from t^ie 
backs-woods of Kentucky. 

24 Disappointed in their expectations, and failing in 
their attempts to discomfit the army of Columbia, the 
daptains and the host of Britain arrayed themselves in 
tlieir might to go against the Iiold of Jackson with their 
whole force. 

25 And the morning of the eighth day of the month 
wa« pitched ilpon, by the men of Britain, for conquering 
the' ii.jst of Columbia, arid settling themselves in the*' 
land of hbtrty. 



READER. 215 

. 26 So tliG}' prepared themselves with their fascinfes., 
and iheir scaling ladders, and their bombs, and their 

.rockets, and all the .weapons of destruction that the in- 
genuity of Britain could invent. 

27 After which Pakenham, the chief captain of the 
„host of the king, spake to the officers and the m«n of 

war that were under him, saying, 

28 Be ye prepared j for, lo ! to-morrow, at the dawu- 
ing of the day, our mighty squadrons shall rush upon 
these Yankees, and destroy them. 

29 Here will we establish ourselves upon the borders 
of Columbia 5 and ye shall be officers, tythemen, and 
tax-gatherers, under the king, your master : 

^0 Moreover, a day and a night shall ye plunder and 
^j-lot ; and your watch-word shall be, BEAUTY ANP 
►BOOTJ! 



216 HISTORICAL 

CHAP. LIV. 

Grand Battle of ISeic-Orleam. 



]V< 



OW Pakenham, the chief captahi of the host of 
Britain, made an end of addressing the officers and the 
soldiers of the king : 

2 And it came to pass, in the one thousand eight 
hundred and fifteenth year of tlie Christain era, in 
the first month of the year, and on the eighth day of 
the monthj 

3 Being on the Sabbath day, (which, as it is written 
in thr scriptures, Thou shalt reaiember and keep 

HOLY,) 

4 inat the mighty army of the king, which had 
moved out of the strong ships of Britain, came, in their 
strength, to make conquest of the territory of Colum- 
bia, which lieth to the south ; 

5 And to place therein a princely ruler, and all man- 
ner of otticers, the servants of the king, even unto a tax- 
gatherer. 

6 So, early in the morning, they appeared before the 
camp of the men of Columbia, even tlie strong hold 
which Jackson, the chief captaii/, liad fortified. 

7 Their polisiied steels, of fine workmanship, glit- 
tered in the sun, and the movement of their squadrons 
was as the waving of a wheat-field, when the souij; 
wind passeth gently over it. 



.READER. 217 

8 The fierceness of their coming was as the coming 
of a tiiousand untamed lions, which move majestically 
over the sandy deserts of Arabia. 

•9 And the army rested upon the the plains of Mac 
Prardies, nigh unto the cypress swamp, being distant, 
from the city about forty and eight furlrngs. 

10 And it was about the rising of the sun, when the 
battering-rams of the king bt'gan to utter their noises • 
and the sound thereof was terrible as ihe roaring of 
lions, or the voice of man^ thunders. 

1 1 IVloreoverj they cast forth bombs, and Congreve 
rockets, weapons of destruction, which were not known 
in the days of Jehoshaphat. 

12 iNevertheless, the soul of Jackson failed him not, 
.neither was he disinayed, for he was entrenched round 

about 5 and when he rais^ed his hand, he held every 
man's heart therein. 

13 And Jackson spake, iind said unto his captains 
of fifties, and his captains of hundreds. Fear not; we 

-defend oarlives and our liberty, and in that thing tlie 
Lord will not forsake us : 

14 Therefore, let every man be upon his watch ; and 
Jet the debtioying engiues now utter fortii ^heir thunders 
in abundance : 

i 5 And ye cunning back-woodsmen, who have known 
oiily to liunt the sqiiinel, ihe wolf, and the deer, now 
pour forlii y.ur sU'cngth upon the mighty lion, that \vf. 
Diaynot be ovei<:ome. 

3 Ana as the black clnst cast upon a burning coal 
insianiK niounieth into a llame, so v>'as the spirit of the 
biisbaudnlen of the backwoods of Cohunbia. 

"iT Now the brave men from Temicsscj^i aiid K.eE= 
;r 2 



218 HISTORICAL 

tucky set their shining rifles to work, and the destroy- 
ing engines began to vomit their thunders upon the ser- 
vants of the king. 

18 Twice did the host of Britain, in soHd cokimns^ 
Come against the entrenchments of Jackson, and twice 
lie drove them back. 

19 Moreover, Daniel the brave, who had raised up 
defences upon the banks of the river, likewise let his 
engines loose upon them, and shot into the camp of the 
king. 

20 And the men of Britain strove to scale the rara= 
parts, and get into the strong hold of JacKson ; but the 
husbandmen drove them back with great slaughter. 

21 The fire and the sm.oke, and the deafning noise 
that sounded along the battlements, were tremendous 

-for more than the space of two hours, when the dread- 
i'ul roarings ceased, for the warriors of the king fled in 
'confusion. 

22 But when the sulphureous vapors r.rose, behold 
the battle-ground was covered with the slain and the 
wounded oilicers and soldiers of the kingdom of Great 
Brhain ! 

23 Humanity shuddered at the av/ful scene, whilst 
the green fields blushed. 

24 Seven hundred of the servants of the king were 
slain; and their whole loss that day was two thousand 
six hundred valiant men, who had fought under Wel- 
lington, the champion of England. 

25 And Pakenham, the chief captain of the host 
-<of , Britain, the brother-in-law of Wellington, was 

amongst the slain ; and they served his body as they 
ih^d served the body of Koss, their chief captain at 



; READE^R. :?i| 

- tlie Baltimore demonstration, preserving it, in like man- 
: ner, with the strong waters of Jamaica. 

26 Moreover, one of their chief captains, whose sir- 
; name was Gibbs, was also slain, and Keane was sorely 

wounded : so that the charge of tlie host of Britain 

■ that remained from the;$laughte.r, t^ii tQ,a certain. maji 
.whose name .wa£;J[^a.ii)i,b£3:t. 

27 . The loss of; itijCaM^y i OC Ja!Q.ton wWi^s oP^ly <se_ 

■ ven slain and sev^eq n3;aime^j)>.;^mjm?teP(Cei}ijppftrR^'le^ 

< ed in the annals ofr^i^istpjy :hl?aW^^jt,tltlii^resvWi^r^^!^.jil 
Uvo score .$lainaUc\vWS'J*fl^d,ipp^ii:{4ieb6lli«^i:iigl^pfiit^fc 
river. 

28 Now the .tv|M^i^^s%p^]tli^.king'§iF^T^yrrCv,^>pi{|^ 
time they .came _againstltl?ec(CPiiii4)t^y.>pfLL<X»^kl4,^aiw^^^^ 
their departure, rWs^§jg;i]>i?pr,fi,v^:jJioiVS.^I>^^ 

29 After. thisjt||^y,v'\v>4i-€j.:(i\smijrag$d,f,fe ■ ^y^-^s 

. but a faint hope'.i'^ftAiprtltk^m ;s(!?Q:th^y.l4^Mr<?,^f!^J>4 
. v/ent into the sti-oHg's^jip^pfjya^^lviR^, v/^JjUitk^iE^ 
. captain in high spiryt,s, 

30 It is written. irj^t.k(j^,^|^)kjp^;^^^.op;}J;]^atar^^ 
laugheth at his own,\4^Uy : nfA<?w^Ljihe,,j[ji?nopfLRri;!^^i 
were not inclined to lau;gh,f^jror [{h^eyvv'Pi^re^.^.qrely gri^^^ 
ed ; and, but for the.;(f.ar pfi:Jiie;4auglv^er^pl^,plht^s^ 
would have wept outright. 

31 And Jackson, the chief :Cap,tain.;^sOf;;the<Jiost,pf 
Columbia, gave great. praise to the ,^a)jafit Cpffee, and 

■ Carrol, and Daniel, whose sirname ,vFas: Patterson, 
and all the valiant, men who fought prithatglorious day. 

32 Moreover, Jackscn was honored with ^reatjii)- 
nour by the people throughout the land of Columhiia"; 
?venthe great Sanhedrim were pleased with tiiinj>'"?l?i>)^ 
exalted liis name> 



220 HISTORICAL 



o. 



13 And the inhabitants of New-Orleans Were great- 
ly rejoiced, and carried him tlirough the streets of the 
city above the rest ; and the virgins of Columbia strew- 
ed bis path with roses. 

34 For, lo ! he_ had defended. them from the vio- 
lence of savages, who came in search of beauty and 
hoofy ! 

35 And when the wounded of the host of Britain^ 
jvere brought into the city, the fair daughters of Colum- 
Ibia took their fine linen and bound up the wounds of 
the poor fainting officers and soldiers of the king, and 
sat bread and wine before them, to cheer their droopiiig 
|j)irits 

36 Nowagaia were the servants of the king disap- 
pointed ; for, as they were sent upon an evil, as wej.1 as 
a foohsh errand, they expected jiot mercy. 

- 37 And when they saw th*^ goodness that was shower- 
ed upon them, they said. Surely ye are angels sent down 
^om heaveji to heal the wounds inflicted by the folly of 
nations ! 

38 And should v/e again •J)e led on to battle against 
y,pur country, with propositions to violate your happi- 
mess, our swords, as by magic, shall be staj'-ed, and jdrQi? 
^rmless at the feet of virtue and beauty ? 



HEADER: 22 1 



CHAP. LV 
Peace, 



N. 



OW after the fleet of Britain had departed from 
New-Orleans in dismay, they committed many other 
depredations of a petty nature. 

2 In the mean time, Cockburn, the wicked, was busi- 
ly employed in what his heart delighted; inasmuch as 
he carried the men of Britain against the borders of 
South Carolina and Georgia, and continued his system 
of robbery. 

3 And here, with the strong ships of Britain, he cap- 
tured a town called St. Marys, in the state of Georgia 
and, among other evils, he stole away the sable sons of 
Ethiopia. 

4 And conveyed them to the island of Bermuda, 
of which the king had made him chief governor, and 
sold them, after promising them liberty and free- 
dom. 

f) However, it came to pass about this time, tliat 
tlie news of peace being made between the nations arri- 
ved iu the. land of Columbia. 

t > For it had happened that the great Sanhedrim in 
'cif \vi> flora, had spjU out Henry, sirnamed Clay^ and 



222 aiSTORICi^L. 

Russel, two wise men, called, in the vernacular ton gw^g'^ 
commissioners, to join themselves with Bayard and 
Gallatin J who were sent before them, to try and make 
peace :' 

7 For the voice of tlie people of Columbia had spo- 
ken peace from the beginning ; they wished war might 
'^ease, and tliat the breach between the nations might be 

healed. 

8 In the meantime the king sent some of his wise 
men to meet the wise men of Columbia, at a place 
called Ghent, a town a great way off, jn the country of 
Flanders 5 

9 For it came to pass, that the generous mediation 
©ffered by the emperor of Russia was refused by the 

. council of Britain, who had not yielded to the voice of 
•accommodation. 

10 So, when the ministers of the two nations were 
met, they communed a long time with one another, 
touching the matter ; 

11 But the ministers of Britain raised up difficult 
ties, and demanded certain foolish terms, which, in the 
Latin tongue, were written sine qua non, and which 
being translated into the Yankee tongue, might be said 
to mean nech or nothing, 

12 Nevertheless, in process of time, the wise men 
of Britain waved their demands, and agreed to the 
sine qua nan given them by the commissioners of Co= 
4umbia. 

13 So a treaty of peace was made and signed by the 
commissioners of both parties, on the twenty and 
fourth day of the twelfth month, of the one thousand 

. :^lght hundred and fourteenth year of the christian erac 



reader: S23 

14 And the treaty was sent to England', and con* 
firmed by the Prince Regent, on the twenty-eigth day 
of the same month ; ibr he was tired of the war, and 
saw no hopes of conquering the sons of libert}'. 

15 After which it was sent from Britain, across the 
the mighty deep, about three thousand miles, to receive 
the sanction of the free people of Columbia. 

1 6 And the great Sanhedrim of the people examined 
the treaty, and it was accepted and confirmed by them 
on the seventeenth day of the second month, in the 
eighteen hundred anti fifteenth year. 

17 After which it was ratified and signed with the 
hand-writing of James, the chief governor of the land 
of Columbia, and published to the world, 

1 8 Thus was a stop put to the shedding of human 
blood 5 and the noise of the destro3ang engines sunk 
down into silence, and every man returned to his own 
home in peace. 

19 Now when it was known for a certainty that, 
peace was made between the nations, the people 
throughout the land were rejoiced beyond measure. 

20 And when the news thereof was spread abroad, 
the temples of the Lord were opened, and the people 
of Columbia praised God for his goodness ; yea, they 
thanked him that he had strengtliened their arms, and 
delivered them from the paw of the lion. 

21 Thus did the children of Columbia praise the 
Lord in the strength of their youth, and in the days 
of their prosperity ; not waiting till the cold and palsied 
hand of age had made them feeble, and robbed their 
prayers of half their virtue. 

22 Hencefortji may the nations of the earth learn 



2M HISTORICAL 

wisdom : then shall peace become triumphant, and the 
people of Columbia be at rest ; 

23 And, as it is written, their swords may be beaten 
into ploughshares, and their spears turned into pruning- 
hooks. 

24 But, Tisvertheless, if this war, like all other warSj 
brought evil upon the sons of men, it demonstrated t 
the world, that the people of Columbia were able to 
defend themselves, single-handed, against one of the 
strongest powers of Europe. 

25 And the mighty kings and potentates of the 
earth shall learn, from this example of Republican 
patriotism, that the people are the only '' legitimate 
sovereigns'^ of the land of Columbia. 

26 Now the gfadness of tlie hearts of the people 
qf Columbia at the sound of peace, was extravagant ; 
laasmnch as it caused them to let loose their destroying 
engines, that were now become harmless, and set in mo- 
tion their loud pealing bells, that sounded along tlie 
splendid arch of heaven. 

'27 Moreover, they made great fires and illumina- 
ilons in the night time, and light was spread over the 
face of the land ; 

28 And the beauty thereof was as if, from the blue 
and spangled vault of hea-ven, it had showered diamonds : 

29 And ail the nations of the earth beheld the glory 
of Columbia. 

END OF THE HISTORY OF THE LATE WAji. 



READEl^. 225 



ALGERINE WAR. 

^inerican squadron sails from New-York — arrives in 
the M edit erratic ally and captures the Algeria: r 
vessels — treaty of peace with the Dey-^affairs o.J' 
Tunis and Trinofi- — Decatur'' s return to America. 



N 



OW it came to pass, that while the war raged be- 
^ vteen the people of Columbia and the kingdom of Grea\ 
Britain, other evils rose up in the east. 

2 For the people who inhabited the coast of Barbary^ 
even the A Igeiines, committed great depredations upon 
the commerce of Columbia ; 

3 Inasmucli as they captured tlieir merchant vessels, 
and held the men of Columbia who wrought therein in 
cruel bondage. 

4 Now these Algerines, who were barbaiians, dwelt 
«pon tlie borders of the great sea called the Mediterra- 
wean^in the way journeying towards the Ga?^d€nfrfE 
den, the cradle of the world; even paradise, where stood 
the tree of good and evil, and where the great ri\«r 
Euphmies em})tietli its waters into the Gulph of Persi^Vi 
wliich lieth about six thousand six hundred and sixty-six 
miles to the east of AV^ashnigton, the chief city of the 

'land ofColunjbia. 

U 



220 HISTORICAL 

5 Moreover, the waters of this ^eat se4 washed the 
shores of ancient Palestine, the holy land, the place 
of our forefathers, and the country of Egypt, where 
the children of Israel w^ere held in bondage forty 
years. 

a Nevertheless, the manifold evils which the^ 
fearbarians committed, by the inslicratron of Satan with- 
ih them, or by being led astray by the enemiies of Co- 
lumbia, raised the voice of the great Sanhedrim against 
them. 

T For they had violated the treaty which the people 
of Columbia had made with them in good faith, ajid set 
it at nought. 

8 Now it had curiously happened, that through 
fear or folly all the nations of the earth had always 
accustomed themselves to pay tribute to these barba*' 
rians ; 

9 B.Lit the people of Columbia were the first to break 
the charm, with tlieir brave captains and their destroy- 
ing engines J many years ago.* 

10 IJowbeit, they were now again compelled to gp 
against them, and strive to bring them to a sense of just* 
tice, if not by persuasion, by communications from the 
mouths of their destroying engines. 

1 1 So it came to pas^ on the third day of the third 
jnonth, in the one thousand eight hundred aqd fifteenth 
year of the Christian era. 



* Alluding tathcitar againU the Barharii powerg^ 



UEAD£R, 2^7 

l2 That the great Sanhedrim of the people sent fortli 
a decree, making -war tipon the people of AlgicrS;. 
who were ruled by a tnan whom they called the 
l>ey. 

' 13 After whicb^ the fleet of Columbia, tv'hkli iiad 
been increased by the folly of Britain, was prepared to 
go against them ; and the gallant Decatur was madfe 
thief captain thereof. 

14 The number of the strong vessels was abot^t 
half a score, and the names of the mightiest amongst 
them were called the Guerriere, the Macedonian, and 
the Constellation. 

15 Now the name of the first of these tall ships 
was after a strong ship of the king of Britain, which 
was taken by the brave Hull, and burnt upon the wa- 
ters ; and the Macedonian was also taken from Britain 
by Stephen, sir-named Decatur : 

16 And when they came into the -waters of Europe, 
the men of Britain* gna:shed their teeth with vexation, 
neither would they behold them, but they turned their 
backs, for their pride was wounded, whilst the surround- 
ing nations beheld the fleet with astonishn-.eur. 

IT Now it was on the eigliteentb dfiy of the fifth 
month, in the same year, in .die after part of the day, 
that the fleet of Colnimbia spread their wings to the 
western breeze, and sailed from the iiaven of New- 
York 5 

18 And, with Decatur, the chief captairi, in the 
Guerriere,:they bade farewell tothe land of Coiumbla; 



* At Gibraltar. S/ci 



228 HiSTORieAL 

and the shouts of the people made the welkin fingj 
^d their blessings followed after them. 

iO And it came to pass, when Decatur with the fleet 
of Columbia, arrived in the watei-s of the Mediterranean 
sea, being thirty days after he left the land of Columbi*^ 

20 That he fell in with one of the strongest fighting 
ships of these barbarians, called the Misoda, and he fol- 
lowed after her, and in less than the space of half an 
hour after letting his destroying engines loose upon her, 
he took her captive, with five hundred men that were la 
her. 

21 And thirty of the barbarians were slain, among 
whom was their chief captain, whom they called Rai^ 
llammida ; besides many were wounded, and about 
four hundred prisoners were taken j but Decatur hc^di 
not a man killed^ 

22 Moreover, on the second day afterwards, the fle^t 
o( Columbia captured another fighting vessel of tbf^ 
Algerines : 

23 And the slain that were found on board, being 
numbered, were twenty and three, and the prisoners were 
four score : howbeit, thue were none of the people of 
Columbia even maimed. 1 hiis was the navy of Columbia 
triumphant in the east, as it had been in the vest. 

24 Now these things happened nigh unto a place 
caUed Carthagena, on the borders of S};aln ; and when 
the Spaniards beheld the skill and prowess of the peo- 
ple of Columbia, they were amazed: 

25 Immediately after this, DeCatur departed, and 
went with his fleet to the port of Algiers, the chief city 
of the barbarians, lying on the borders of Africa, 

26 But when their ruler beheld the star-spangled ban- 
ners -©f Columbia, he trembled as the aspen-leaf j for 



READER.. 229 

tie had heard that his strong vessels were taken by tlia 
ships of Columbia, and his aduiirai slain, and he was 
ready to bow down. 

27 And Decatur demanded the men of Columbia 
without ransom, who were held in boiiiJa<^^e; and teu 
thousand pieces of silver, for the evils they had commit- 
ted against the people of Columbia : and the Dey had 
three hours to answer him yea^ or nay. 

28 However, he quickly agreed to the propositions of 
Decatur : and he paid the money, and signed the trea- 
ty which Decatur had prepared far him, and delivered 
up all the men of Columbia whom he held us slaves. 

29 And. the treaty was confirmed at Washington the 
chief city, and signed by James the chief governor, on 
twenty and sixth day of the twelfth month, in the same 
year : and Decatur generously made a present of thp 
ship Misoda to the Dey. 

30 Now it came to pass, after Decatur had settled 
the peace with the Dey of Algiers, according to his wish- 
es, that he sailed against another town of the barbarians, 
called Tunis, 

31 For the governor of this })lace, who is called the 
Bey, had permitted great evils to be committed against the 
people of Columbia, by the ships of Britain, dining the late 
v/ar ; Inasmuch as they let them come into their waters, 
and take away the vessels of Columbia that were prizes. 

32 So, for these depredations, the gallant Decatur de- 
man. led forty thousand pieces of silver, whivh, after a 
aliort deliberation, the \iQy was fain to grant, lest, perad- 
ventmo the city might, from the force of the destioylng 
engines, begin to tumble about his cuis, 

u2 



2S0 HISTORICAL. 

3S From the port of Tunis, Decatur departed and 
went to a place called Tripoli, which lieth to the south 
. thereof, where the brave Eaton* fought, and erected the 
banners of Columbia upon the wails of Derne. 

34 Now the chief governor of the Tripolitans, wliom 
they called the Bashaw, had suffered like evils to be 
done by the British ia his dominions ■which had been 
permitted by the Bey of Tunis. 

35 So likewise, for these «vils I>ecatur demanded 
thirty thousand pieces of silver, but at first the Ba- 
shaw refused to pay it. 

36 However, when he saw the strong ships of Co- 
lumbia were about to destroy the town, he paid the 
money, save a little, which he was unable to get, and 
for which Decatur ccmpelled him to release ten captives 
of other nations, whom he held in bondage. 

87 Thus did Decatur, and his brave men in the same 
year, compel the powers of Barbary to respect the 
banners of Columbia. 

38 Now, having accomplished the object of his ex- 
pedition, he returned, encircled with glory, to the land 
of Columbia : 

39 And all the people were rejoiced with great joy^ 
and they made feasts for him, and extolled his name, 

40 Moreover, the great Sanhedrim of the people 
honored him for his gallant exploits, and gave unto kim 
and his brave officers and mariaers, a« hundred thou* 
sand pieces of silver. 



♦ Gen, Eaton, a hero of the Amerkan war mt^ 



iitlAOER. 25X 



OCN'CLU^rON. 



Coinrrvxhre liulnhridgc — J^ird Exmouih''s ExpeJi- 



iion against Algiers. 



XN the nipaii tinie/it had come to pass, X\\^i lest flic 
fleet of Decatur should not be sufficieiit, the great San- 
hedrim sent out after him another strong fleetj coi'ri- 
aiiaiided by the valiant Bainbridg«. 

2 But, lo ! when liis fleet arrived tliere, the peace 
had been made, and an end put to the war by the fleet 
i)f Decatur : so, after sailing round about the coast,^ 
Bainbridge returned home again with the fleet of Co- 
kiKibia, 

o Now it came to pass, after Decatur had returned 
iff triumph to the land of Columbia, that the lords and 
the counsellors of Britain became jealous of the fame 
of Columbia, which she had gained in the east, in re- 
leasing her people from slavery, as well as thos€ of 
ather nations. 

4 Moreover, the barbarians committed depredations 
against the people of Britain, neitiier did tliey regard 
their royal cross, as they did the stars of Columbia. 

5 So tlie king fitted oat a mighty fleet to go agains4 
tlicm ,* and the name q( the chief captaia thereof wes 



232 HISTORICAL 

Pellew, to whom the king of Britain had given a ne\^ 
iiaaie, and called him lord Exjnouth. 

6 Accordingly, as their movements were slow, in 
the fourth month of the one thousand eight hundred and 
sixteenth year of the Christian era, the mighty fleet of 
Britain weighed iinchor, and shortly arrived before the 
city of Algiers, as the fleet of Columbia had done 
many months before them. 

7 And it was so, that the chief captain of Britain, 
in the name of the king his master, demanded of the 
Dey, the men of Bi'itain, whom he held as slaves, and 
also those of Other nations. 

8 Biit the Dey refused, saying, Ye shall pay unto me 
five hundred pieces of silver for every slave ; then wiH 
I release them, and they shall be free. 

f' 9 And Exmouth, the lord of Britain, yielded to th( 
propositions of the barbarians, and accordingly gav« ' 
bnto tlipm the money, even more than twenty horse: 
could draw ; 

10 For the number of Christian slaves which Ex 
mouth bought of the barbarians, was about five hun- 
dred. 

1 1 Therefore, the fleet of Britain succeeded not, ai 
^id the fleet of Decatur^* 



* Lord Exmouth has since, in a second expedition, 
succeeded in releasing all Christian captives covfncd 
in Algiers, and in ohtainlng the ransom money (to a 
very considerable amount) which the Dey had pre- 
vioushj received from England and Naples. 



RfADER. j^S 

12 T>!i-.?, in tills thine, di^l the lords of Britain 
strive to suaich the laurel from the brow gf Colum- 
bia ; 

1 3 But her valiant sons had entw'ined the wreath of 
glory ; and the scribes of this day shall record i^ in- 
•ver-living characters, on tlie pyramid of f^.e. 



1'INIS* 

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AYBLE SOClEtlES AND SUNDAV SCHOOL5. 



It was our intention to have expatiated largely on 
the subject of Bible Soci^ies — of their importance, and 
unprecedented extension throuiihoirt Europe and 
Araei-ica : bat tb^limits of this publication prevent us 
from entering far on'this subject, luRiinous as it is j how- 
ever, in tirae, another opp«)rtunity may offer : at present, 
the names of the ©flkiating persons in America, by be- 
ing inserted, may serve to show the respectability of 
this valuable establishment, which posterity will ad- 
mire. 

Officers of the American ^ible «ociety. 

PRESIDENT, 

•Hpn. Ei,iAs BouDiNOT, h. l. d., of NeuhJersey 

FICE-PRESIDENTSy 

Hon. John Jay, Esq. of New-York. 

Matthew Clarkson, Esq. of New- York. 

DANIEL D. Tompkins, Vice-President of the United 

States. 
Hon. jDe Witt ClimTton, Governor of the State of 

New- York. 
Hon. Smith Thompson, Chief Justice of the State ol 

New-York. 
Hon. John Langdon, of New-Hampshire. 
Hon. Caleb Strong, of Massachusetts. 
Hon. John Cotton Smith, of Connecticut. 
Hon. Andrew Kirkpatrick, Chief Justice of the State 

of New-J*ersey^ 
Hon. William Tilshman, Chief Justice of the State o^ 

Pennsylvania, 
Hon. Daniel Mijrray, of Maryland. 
Joseph Nourse, Esq. Re^sterof the Treasury of *he 

United States. 
Hon. John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State of the^ 

United States. 
Francis S. Key, Esq. District of Columbia. 
Hon. BusHRop Washington, of Virginia, Judge et 
Supreme Court U. S. 



Hon. CifARLES Cotes woliTH PixcifNEV, of Charf^ 

ton, S. C. 
His Excellency Thomas Worthington^ of Otiiot 
John Boltok, Esq. of Georgia. 
Fewx Grundy, Esq. of Tennessee, 
SECRETARIES, 
^ev. John Mason, D. D. Secretary for Foreigi CQi»- 

respondence. 
Rev, John B. Romeyn, D. D» Secretary for Domestrf 
Correspondence. 

Richard Varick, Esq. Treasurer. 
Jlr. John Pintard, Recording Secretary and AccouuT- 
<aiit. 

Mr. John E% Caldwell, Agent. 



An account q/ the 


number 


of Bible Societies i/i 


ihfi 




United 


States. 




New-Hampshire, 


1 


Virginia, 


16 


Massachusetts, 


14 


North Carolina, 


2 


Vermont, 


2 


South Carolina, 


4 


Connecticut, 


9 


O^eorgia^ 


3 


New- York, 


66 


Ohio, 


11 


New-Jersey, 


16 


Kentucky, 


-3 


Pennsylvania, 


12 


Tennessee, 


2 


Delaware, 


2 


LouisHua, 


i 


Maryland, 


2 


iMichigan, 


I 


Dis>trict of Colu;Tb 


ia, 1 


iMissouji, 


* 



Total number, IGS. 
The nun\ber of these auxiliary societies are rapidly 
increasing througiKiut the world, and their good ctlects 
Biay casWy he aulicipated.- These, and the establish- 
ment of Ciunday Schoals in different })arts of the Uni-» 
ted States, hus had the most salutary eiTt-cts, and eve- 
i:y good man will no doubt give encouragePiient to that 
noil 3^; u ice, which opens a field to virtue, and plants 
tli^ ever living seeds of a glorious inmi-ortality. 

Where wtsdow- dioclhy there virtue rei^mr . 



DANIEL D, ^mTU, 
BVOKSELLER Sf STATIONER, 

NO. 190, GREEN WICK- oTilEET, 

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-most reasonable terms a general asssortment of Books 
and Stationary (particularly School Books) among ,. 
which are the following, viz : | 



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Htirtford JSelection of 

M3"mns 
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Boyers do do 

Dufiefs Nature Displayed 
Perrins Fr. & En. grammar 
Perrins Exercises 
- — —— Elements of conver- 
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J^atin do 
Clarks Introduction 
Mairs do 

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Eutropie 

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Murrays Key Exercises 

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